[Forensic medical evaluation of thanatogenesis in craniocerebral injury].

Causes of death in survivors of a craniocerebral injury are described. Transition of cerebral tanatogenesis to pulmonary one during the hospital stay of the affected subjects has been documented. Respiratory distress syndrome in adult patients is shown to play an important role in the development of pneumonia after a craniocerebral injury.

[Colapse therapy in the complex treatment of new cases of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis].

The results of therapy were comparatively analyzed in 103 patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis receiving collapse therapy (artificial pneumothorax (n=42), pneumoperitoneum (n=57), artificial pneumothorax + pneumoperitoneum (n=4) and 99 control patients. Collapse therapy substantially increases the efficiency of treatment of new cases of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis: bacterial discharge cessation was achieved in 95.6%; decay cavities were closed in 90.

Genetic structure of Dagestan populations: a study of 11 Alu insertion polymorphisms.

We examined genetic variation in nine populations of Dagestan using 11 autosomal Alu insertion polymorphisms to investigate the genetic structure of indigenous groups and to assess their genetic relationship with world populations. Genetic differentiation among mountain inhabitants (Gsr = 2%) is comparable to that for European populations. Traces of genetic drift are detectable only for endogamous and small Ando-Dido-speaking ethnic groups, and they coincide with the most linguistically diverse region of Dagestan.

[Impact of the area burden of agrochemicals on tuberculosis morbidity and mortality].

The rate of use of pesticides and mineral fertilizers in the Republic of Daghestan was high in the USSR and Russia and was many times greater than the critical burden (3/93 kg/ha) and ranged from 3.5-4.2 kg/ha in the highlands to 17.