[Deletional polymorphism of the 11th intron of the human c-fms gene: allele frequency in certain Russian populations and possible functional significance].

Analysis of deletion polymorphism of human c-fms gene intron 11 (approximately 425-bp deletion) is of particular interest because of the increased proportion of the deletion heterozygotes among the infants born from the parents, one of which lacks the deletion allele, and the other is heterozygous for the deletion. In this study, allele and haplotype frequencies of the polymorphism examined were assessed in a number of Caucasoid and Mongoloid populations of Russia. In all populations tested, relatively high prevalence of the deletion-bearing allele, ranging from 9.

[The iron deficiency status and the actual nutrition of women in Gorno-Altai].

Standard methods (questionnaires, peripheral blood count, iron pool) were employed to study epidemiology (prevalence and risk factors) of iron deficiency in the women of the Altai mountains and the relation of this deficiency with essential nutrition. Hemoglobin dispersion was found to depend on fuel value of the ration, total protein levels, polyunsaturated fatty acid content.