Serum Lipids and Their Value in Diagnosis

Abstract

THE serum and the lymph fluid not only are the transport medium for all substances absorbed in the intestines but also contain substances that have originated as a result of intermediary and cellular metabolism. It may therefore be assumed that lipids found in the cells of the organs should also be present in the serum. Such an assumption corresponds only partly with the actual analytical findings. The concentration of certain lipids, although fairly high in the cells of organs, is so low in the serum, and the amount at the disposal of chemists working in the clinical laboratory so small, . . .