[Enteropathic acrodermatitis in light of personal observations]. / Acrodermatitis enteropathica w swietle wlasnych obserwacji.

Observations are reported carried out on the course and treatment of enteropathic acrodermatitis in 14 children. In the children the characteristic clinical picture before treatment was associated with low serum zinc level. Determination of serum zinc level during the treatment with zinc sulphate is without decisive importance for the selection of maintenance doses and the drug must be taken often during many years. In the choice of the therapeutic dose the clinical effects should be taken into account, and the dose may not be so high that it would normalized serum zinc level.

[Studies of the role of cellular immunity and angiogenetic changes in the pathogenesis of circumscribed scleroderma]. / Badania nad rola odczynowosci komórkowej i zmian naczyniowych w patogenezie twardziny ograniczonej.

The studies were performed in 48 patients with morphea and included evaluation of 1) antinuclear antibodies 2) lymphocyte induced angiogenesis 3) natural killer (NK) cell activity and 4) T cell subpopulations in peripheral blood. The presence of antinuclear antibodies was found in 44.4% (8/18) patients with scleroderma linearis and in 21% (4/19) patients with morphea disseminata. Lymphocyte induced angiogenesis was increased in 41.5% (17/41) morphea patients, mainly in cases with pronounced vascular changes. The E rosette forming test showed a decreased percentage of active rosette forming cells (ARFC) and total rosette forming cells (TRFC) in peripheral blood and the NK cell activity was lowered in patients with morphea. These results obtained in patients with morphea show some similarities and differences in comparison to cellular immunity disturbances in patients with systemic scleroderma.