[Activity of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase in tuberculous pleurisy].

Examining the activity of adenosine deaminase in the pleural fluids of 69 patients with tuberculous pleurisy of various etiology from the clinics of Armenia indicated that it was greater than the threshold value of 20 U/L in 95.7 of 47 patients with tuberculous pleurisy. The specificity of this parameter for this disease was 0.

[Nerve tissue-specific proteins in the assessment of the permeability of the hemato-encephalic barrier in comatose states in children].

The role of functional state of hematoencephalic barrier (HEB) was estimated in terms of development of pathological process in coma. The quantitative determination of neurospecific protein (NSP), exactly of alpha 1 and of alpha 2 cerebral globulins (produced by astrocytes and oligodendroglial cells) was used for estimation of HEB state. The clinical examination of 138 children in comatose state caused by different factor (meningitis, encephalitis, cerebrocranial trauma, infectious toxicosis) was performed.