[Correlation of metabolic syndrome clinical signs and genetic determinants at children with obese].

Unlabelled: The aim of the work was to study the clinical and genetic factors at children with obese that predispose to the development of MS, and the development of algorithm for generating risk of MS.

Materials And Methods: Two comparable age and sex groups of children--148 children with obesity and 46--with normal body weight. We assessed anthropometric indices, blood pressure (BP), lipid profile, carbohydrate metabolism, the level of uric acid.

[The results of the "tiromobil" epidemiological trial of pregnant women in the Russian Federation].

Aim: To study structural and functional changes in the thyroid gland (TG) in pregnant women living in iodine-deficiency regions; to evaluate efficacy of prophylactic measures.

Material And Methods: Random sample method was used for examination of 1090 pregnant women living in the regions with different iodine provision. All the participants were examined clinically, measurements were made of thyroid size, TTH, free T4, iodinuria.

[Status of children's health and development of health-promoting measures at preschool educational establishments].

Medical examinations of children from 3 types of preschool educational establishments provided educational and health-promoting measures in addition to their curricula. The measures exerted a positive impact on the children's health.

[Retrospective evaluation of blood immunologic parameters in the course of remission of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children].

The authors investigated cellular and humoral immunity in 53 children over 3 years of age suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The children had remission lasting from 6 to 120 months and were followed up for 7-14 years after the diagnosis was made. The treatment was performed according to programs of polychemotherapy practiced in 1981-1988.