[Considerable decrease in chemokine interleukin-16 level in blood of children with diabetes mellitus type I diagnosed for the first time]. / O znachitel'nom snizhenii urovnia khemokina interleikina-16 v krovi detei s vpervye vyiavlennym sakharnym diabetom tipa 1.

Considerable decrease in chemokine interleukin-16 level has been detected in blood serum of children with the first diagnosed in life diabetes mellitus type I.

[Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord in cardiovascular disease]. / Elektricheskaia stimuliatsiia spinnogo mozga pri serdechno-sosudistoi patologii.

The early and late outcomes of electrical stimulation of the spinal cord are analyzed in chronic critical ischemia of the lower extremities and coronary heart disease with peripheral involvement of coronary arteries. The clinical capacities of this treatment that has enjoyed little use in our country due to its high cost showed atraumaticity of electrical stimulation of the spinal cord; a few cases of complications and no hospital mortality; a rapid positive clinical effect after the initiation of electric neurostimulation, and better life quality in patients in the postoperative periods.

[Gamma-aminobutyric acid content and activity of the enzyme synthesizing it in blood plasma of children exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant]. / Soderzhanie gammaaminomaslianoi kisloty i aktivnost' fermenta ee sinteza v plazme krovi detei, podvergavshikhsia vozdeistviiu ioniziruiushchei radiatsii vsledstvie avarii na Chernobyl'skoi AES.

Marked individual fluctuations in blood levels of GABA and GDC revealed in 35 to 50% of adolescents exposed to ionizing radiation several years before indicate the presence of an imbalance in the GABA-ergic system. These children (with GABA-ergic system disturbances) represent a group at risk of developing remote effects of radiation exposure presenting as disturbed rhythms and terms of sexual maturation, of growth, thyroid and adrenal abnormalities, and they should be regularly checked up.