[Changes in lipid metabolism in patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy].

The characteristics of lipid metabolism investigated in 114 patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy of the atherosclerotic genesis were collated with the clinical manifestations of the disease and the results of patients' psychological testing. Ten neurological syndromes and symptoms occurring most frequently in dyscirculatory encephalopathy were specified. The data of the psychological testing also changed with the severity of the disease. The most commonly identified abnormalities included dyslipoproteinemia, types II b and IV of hyperlipoproteinemias according to Frederickson as well as hypertriglyceridemia and an increase in the atherogenic coefficient.