Glycaemic control and reticulocyte count in diabetic patients.

Correlation coefficients between glycosylated haemoglobin, mean fasting glycaemia, and reticulocyte count have been assessed in 61 diabetic patients. When excluding those with overt anaemia and with serum iron below 12.5 mumol/l, the correlations became significant.

[Dynamics of the composition of lipids in human milk during lactation].

The authors have studied the total lipids, triglycerides and cholesterol in the milk of 30 mothers over a lactation period of 4 days to 10 months. The total lipids showed diurnal oscillations with a minimal level in the morning and maximal level (P less than 0.001) at 1 p.