[Adhesion molecules of immunoglobin super family in children and youth with inflammatory bowel disease].

Unlabelled: Chronic inflammation is the common feature of inflammatory bowel disease. Adhesion molecules of immunoglobin super family play a key role in infiltration of leucocytes to place of inflammation.

The Aim Of This Study: was to investigate the concentrations of slCAM-1, sVCAM-1 i sPECAM-1 in children and youth with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

[Risk factors of TT virus infection in children up to 3 years].

Unlabelled: Significant frequency of TT virus (TTV) infections and its unclear pathogenetic role are purposes for which investigators are interested in theme of spread of the virus. It is considered parenteral way of TTV spread, oral-fecal, droplets, vertical, by breastfeeding and other ways.

The Aim Of The Study: To estimate the risk of TTV infection by various ways and to asses the risk factors of infection.

[Value of E-selectin and L-selectin determination in children and youth with inflammatory bowel disease].

Unlabelled: Chronic inflammation is the common feature of inflammatory bowel disease. Infiltration of leucocytes is mediated by definite adhesion molecules expressed on the surface of activated leucocytes, platelets and endothelial cells.

Aims: to investigate the clinical value of determining concentrations of sE-selectin and sL-selectin in children and youth with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

[Urokinase plasminogen activator (u-PA) and urokinase type plasminogen activator receptor (u-PAR) in children with ulcerative colitis].

Background: Literature search referring to the role of haemostasis disturbances in pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis in children revealed considerable discrepancies in the obtained findings and some controversies in their interpretation. The aim of the study was the assessment of urokinase plasminogen activator (u-PA) and urokinase type plasminogen activator receptor (u-PAR) in children with ulcerative colitis.

Material And Methods: 22 children with ulcerative colitis were included in our investigation, there were 7 girls and 15 boys whose mean age was 15.

[The comparison of mean body weight among breast-fed and bottle-fed children from 1 to 18 month of life].

Unlabelled: There were performed many analyses comparing physical development between breast-fed and bottle-fed infants and estimated that breast-fed children have different growth than bottle-fed. The aim of the study was the comparison of body weight rate among breast-fed and bottle-fed children from 1-18 month of life.

Material And Methods: 352 children were enrolled into the analysis: 218 breast-fed and 134 bottle-fed children.

[Comparison of the rate of body weight increase in children fed with cow's milk formulas and children with alimentary sensitivity, fed with milk-replacing mixtures].

Purpose: The aim of this study was a comparison of body weight increase rate in two groups of children up to 18 months of age. The first group was fed with cow s milk formula. The second group due to allergy or cow milk intolerance was fed with milk-replacing mixtures: hydrolyzates with higher rate of protein hydrolysis or soya preparations.

[Antithrombin III, protein C and protein S in children with chronic viral hepatitis B or C].

Abnormalities of blood coagulation are a major part of acute and chronic viral hepatitis. In this study antithrombin III, protein C and protein S were determined in 100 children with chronic hepatitis B or C infection (range age 3-17) according to degree of hepatic histological activity and fibrosis. There was no statistically significant correlation between levels of examined parameters in children with chronic viral hepatitis compared with those in control group and between the degree of hepatic histological activity and fibrosis and coagulation parameters.