[Prevalence of bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis in the adult population of St. Petersburg].

Aim: To evaluate prevalence of bronchial asthma (BA) and allergic rhinitis (AR) among adult population of St-Petersburg.

Material And Methods: Responders to ECRHS and B. Sibbald & E.

[Results of open post-registration clinical trials of copaxone in patients with multiple sclerosis].

Results of the 2-year open postregistration study of Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), conducted in 3 Moscow leading medical centres are given. 32 MS patients with remitting-relapsing MS were investigated in accordance with international requirements (neurological scales, MRI of the brain, multimodal evoked potential). Significant reduction of annual relapse rate for 70.

[Spinal amyotrophy in adults].

The authors describe a rare and little studied form (distal) of spinal amyotrophy. 12 patients were placed under observation. A group of patients with symmetric distal pareses of the hands and legs has been distinguished.

[Diagnosis of lesions of the brachiocephalic artery by ultrasound dopplerography before and after roentgeno-endovascular dilatation].

The technique and methodology of diagnosis of brachicephalic arterial lesions by means of ultrasonic dopplerography before and after roentgeno-endovascular dilatation are described. Angiographic and ultrasonic studies were conducted in 21 patients who were eventually subjected to roentgeno-endovascular dilatation (RED) of stenosed and occluded segments of aortic arch branches (atherosclerosis in 19 cases, and nonspecific aorto-arteritis in 2). The stenosis was located in the brachiocephalic trunk in 1 case, in the right internal carotid artery in another one and in the subclavian arteries in the rest: stenosis of the right subclavian artery in 4 patients and first-portion left-subclavian artery in 11, and occlusion of first-segment left subclavian artery in 4.

[A syndrome of facial hemiatrophy, circumscribed scleroderma and focal epileptic seizures associated with bilateral uveitis].

A peculiar form of sclerodermia is described in a 10 year girl. Initially, the disease pronounced itself with focal epileptic spells involving lated the focal sclerodermia and facial hemiatrophy. The peculiar feature of the case is the bilateral uveitis and subclinical serose meningitis.