[Clinico-diagnostic significance of fibronectin determination in diabetes mellitus in children].

Immunoelectrophoresis was used to measure fibronectin content in blood plasma of 111 children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and in 20 normal children. In patients with diabetes mellitus, the content of plasma fibronectin turned out to be higher depending on the disease standing, the presence of microangiopathies, and status of compensation. It has been noted that fibronectin was detectable in urine in diabetic angionephropathy.

[The fibronectin level in children with diabetes mellitus].

A study was made of the level of fibronectin in 42 pediatric patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Blood plasma fibronectin was determined by an immunoturbidometric method. A raised concentration of fibronectin was established in patients with a period of disease over 5 yrs.

[Effect of diets with easily assimilated carbohydrates on the lipid composition of tissues of young rats with alloxan diabetes].

The blood serum, liver, cerebral and pancreatic tissues of 250 rats aged 1 to 1.5 mos. were investigated.

[Effect of xylitol and sorbitol on metabolic indices in diabetic children].

The influence of readily available carbohydrates (sugar, xylitol and sorbitol) on the metabolic processes was studied in 80 children with diabetes mellitus. It was found that even low doses (20 g) of sorbitol and xylitol produced an unfavourable effect on the lipid metabolism and liver function. It is recommended that low doses (20 g) of sugar be included into the diet for children with diabetes mellitus.

[Experience in the use of hyperbaric oxygenation to treat diabetes mellitus in children].

A procedure for running sessions of hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of children suffering from diabetes mellitus, was developed. A high efficacy of the method was established, particularly for such complications as angiopathy, polyneuritides, trophic changes of tissues.