[Activity of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase in tuberculous pleurisy].

Examining the activity of adenosine deaminase in the pleural fluids of 69 patients with tuberculous pleurisy of various etiology from the clinics of Armenia indicated that it was greater than the threshold value of 20 U/L in 95.7 of 47 patients with tuberculous pleurisy. The specificity of this parameter for this disease was 0.

[Nerve tissue-specific proteins in the assessment of the permeability of the hemato-encephalic barrier in comatose states in children].

The role of functional state of hematoencephalic barrier (HEB) was estimated in terms of development of pathological process in coma. The quantitative determination of neurospecific protein (NSP), exactly of alpha 1 and of alpha 2 cerebral globulins (produced by astrocytes and oligodendroglial cells) was used for estimation of HEB state. The clinical examination of 138 children in comatose state caused by different factor (meningitis, encephalitis, cerebrocranial trauma, infectious toxicosis) was performed.

[West syndrome in tuberous sclerosis].

Observation's analysis of 5 children in age from 9 months to 4 years 11 months with tuberous sclerosis was performed. The initial manifestations of disease were following: early children form of epilepsy exactly infantile spasms (West syndrome) appearance, dermal alterations in the form of depigmented spots as well as nonprogressive delay in psychoverbal development. Together with clinical symptoms the main criterion in early form of tuberous sclerosis diagnosis determination turned out to be brain's specific alterations (tubers) which were revealed by computer tomography.

[The use of the Lüscher color test for assessing the emotional status of children and adolescents with an organic central nervous system lesion and borderline psychopathology].

The diagnostic value of Lüscher's colour test for the estimation of emotional state of children and juveniles (teenagers) with central nervous system's organic alteration and borderline psychopathological disturbances was analysed. Moreover a number of other additional tests were used namely the colour estimation of current and optimal state, the measurement of personal emotional anxiety according to Scott scale as well as the comparison of colour selection results and colour perception in dream. It was demonstrated that color selection results depended upon both neuroticism level and presence or type of psychopathological disturbances.

[Screening for deletion in patients with Duchenne's myodystrophy by multiplex amplification].

Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy were analyzed using the method of polymerase chain reaction in order to reveal deletions in the dystrophin gene. Deletions of different lengths and locations were detected in 28 of 78 ill boys. The highest number of deletions was detected in the 3'-end of the gene (the 45-50th exons).

[The neurological syndromes in Lyme disease in children].

Clinical characteristics of Lyme disease (LD) course in children have been studied. Altogether 86 patients were examined. Serodiagnosis was made in patients basing on indirect immunofluorescence and enzyme immunoassay with LD agent antigens.

[The study of dreams in a complex method for the neuropsychological examination of children and adolescents with organic lesions and functional disorders of the CNS].

The dreams were analyzed in 73 patients aged 10-14, among them 22 had brain tumors, 23 epilepsy, 18 neurotic and psychopathic-like disturbances. The control group included 10 healthy children. The results showed that the frequency and pattern of the dreams are related to functional disturbances secondary to the organic lesions of the brain as well as to organic lesions themselves and relevant location.

[The enkorat treatment of infantile spasms and the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome].

The drug encorat, an analogue of valproic acid (Sun, India) was given to 16 children aged from 4 month to 5 years suffering from resistant forms of early infantile epilepsy. Twelve of them had infantile spasms, four Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. The treatment produced good results in 75% of the patients.

[Neuro-AIDS in children].

The paper analyzes the results of studying nervous diseases in children with HIV infection. A total of 57 children aged 1.5 to 16 years who had different stages of AIDS were examined.

[The characteristics of the immune status of patients with Alzheimer's disease].

Disorders seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease are also related to the pathology of immunity. In order to study it in a more detailed manner, some immunity parameters were examined in 30 patients with Alzheimer's disease, 15 patients with Huntington's chorea which may have similar mechanisms of immunologic defects, and 15 healthy donors. A study was also made of the capacity of peripheral blood lymphocytes to respond to polyclonal mitogens in blast transformation test and according to the production of immunoglobulins in vitro.

[Temporal-lobe epilepsy with psychosensory and gustatory attacks].

A variety of temporal epilepsy that manifested by paroxysms in the form of psychosensory and gustatory ones is described. A 20-year-old man was placed under observation. Since 14 years of age he demonstrated attack-like conditions with a sensation of the pushing apart and swelling in the head, of an increase of the head size, and unpleasant sickly sweet taste in the mouth.

[Infantile facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy].

The authors describe a 16-year-old patient suffering from facial scapulohumeral myopathy. The given case is regarded as sporadic. The disease was characterized by an early debut and rapid progression of neuromuscular disorders.