[Alcohol dehydrogenase activity of human and animal blood serum in acute and chronic alcoholic intoxication].

Alcohol dehydrogenase activity (ADH; KP 1.1.1.

[Changes in dexamethasone test indices and reduction in the rate of serotonin absorption by thrombocytes in chronic alcoholics].

Seventy-one chronic alcoholics with affective disorders were studied for the dexamethason test (DT) and for the rate of platelet serotonin absorption (RPSA) prior to and following the treatment. A considerable part of the patients displayed pathological changes in DT which correlated with the degree of affective symptomatology. The DT may serve as one of the methods for diagnosing affective disturbances in alcoholism.

[Concentration of lipids and apolipoproteins A-1 and E in blood plasma of men with acute alcohol intoxication].

Content of lipids and apolipoproteins A-1 and E was studied in blood plasma of men with acute alcohol intoxication as well as within 10-12 hrs after their treatment in a special clinic. Acute alcohol intoxication caused a distinct increase of triglycerides as well as of cholesterol in high and very low density lipoproteins simultaneously with decrease in content of cholesterol in low density lipoproteins. At the same time, content of apolipoprotein A-1 was increased and of apo E--unaltered.

[Concentration of lipids and apolipoproteins A-I, A-II and E in blood plasma of men with chronic alcoholism].

Content of lipids and apolipoproteins A-I, A-II and E was studied in blood plasma of patients with chronic alcoholism under conditions of alcoholic abstinence syndrome and remission. Concentration of total cholesterol was higher by 10% in patients with alcoholic abstinence syndrome as compared with the control group of patients studied at the state of remission. Content of cholesterol in high density lipoproteins was increased up to 76.