Tuberculosis of elbow and wrist joints - usefulness of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in morphological changes evaluation.

Tuberculosis is an infection disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium atipics. The disease involves first of all the lungs (about 95% of patients). The changes were recognized in locomotive system in about 20% of cases of the other location and they occurred mainly in the vertebral column, hip - joint and knee - joint [1].

Preliminary pharmacokinetic studies of Ukrain in rats.

Ukrain (thiophosphoric acid derivative of Chelidonium majus L. alkaloids) was administered to rats i.p.

Rearranged mitochondrial genomes are present in human oocytes.

Using quantitative PCR, we have determined that a human oocyte contains approximately 100,000 mitochondrial genomes (mtDNAs). We have also found that some oocytes harbor measurable levels (up to 0.1%) of the so-called common deletion, an mtDNA molecule containing a 4,977-bp rearrangement that is present in high amounts in many patients with "sporadic" Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) and progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO).