[Circulating tissue antigens in multiple sclerosis and hepatocerebral dystrophy]. / Tkanevye tsirkuliruiushchie antigeny pri rasseiannom skleroze i gepatotserebral'noi distrofii.

Using complement fixation test (CFT) in cold, the authors measured the circulating tissue antigens of the brain and liver in 50 subjects (22 patients with hepatocerebral dystrophy, 18 with multiple sclerosis and 10 healthy subjects). The total circulating levels of liver and brain antigens were found to be dependent on the activity and progression of the pathological process in these organs. The CFT may be recommended as an additional test for diagnosing the destructive process in the brain and liver of patients with hepatocerebral dystrophy and multiple sclerosis and for assessing the efficacy of the conducted treatment.

[Action of medicated intrauterine contraceptives on the endometrium]. / O vozdeistvii medikamentoznykh vnutrimatochnykh kontratseptivov na éndometrii.

PIP: The results of the examinations of 70 healthy women of childbearing age with a 2-phase menstrual cycle are presented. The effect of medicated IUDs on proliferative processes in the endometrium was studied by examining the cytological characteristics of the endometrium and by the impulse cytophotometric levels of DNA in the endometrium cell nuclei. No pronounced changes in the cytological picture of the endometrium in these women were observed in situ. The quantitative determination of DNA revealed an insignificant decrease in the proliferative activity of the endometrium due to the effect of the medicated IUD. (author's modified)^ieng