[Relations between blood lipids and some eye diseases associated with arteriosclerosis]

Blood lipids, their alterations and methods of determination are reviewed. Serum values are compared in a series consisting of 20 cases of eye disease not caused by arteriosclerosis, 16 of chronic glaucoma, 14 of diabetes mellitus without retinopathy, 13 of occlusion of the central retinal artery, 16 of the retinal haemorrhage, 21 of retinal vein thrombosis, and 24 of sclerosis of the retinal fundus. Abnormal pictures, particularly with respect to the beta-alphaprotein ratio, were observed and it is suggested that their recognition and correction can serve as a guide in the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis and its ocular complications.