[Physical factors in the pathogenetic therapy of children with scleroderma].

Telecapillaroscopy, biomicroscopy of the bulbar conjunctiva, rheovasography, cold vascular test, ohyprolin and glycosaminoglycans excretion measurements have been performed in 337 2-14-year-olds with systemic and localized scleroderma to study peripheral circulation and connective tissue metabolism. The results contributed to development of differentiated balneo- and pelotherapy schedules affecting the principal components of the disease pathogenesis.

[Metabolic characteristics of the myocardium and muscle tissue of the thigh in rats].

Myocardium and skeletal muscle of white rats have a number of specific features in metabolism of carbohydrates. The skeletal muscle is characterized by high intensity of glycolytic processes and glycolytic substrate phosphorylation, that is testified to by the activity of the terminal glycolysis stage enzymes (pyruvate kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, its isoenzyme spectrum) and by the content of lactate and pyruvate metabolites. In contrast to skeletal muscles, the activity of NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase in the myocardium is significant both in cytoplasm and in mitochondria.