[Genetic susceptibility to pancreatitis].

Pancreatitis is a complicated polyetiological disease rather frequently met with. Inflammatory degenerative changes in the pancreas are the underlying cause of the condition which in acute cases may give rise to irreversible pancreonecrosis, and in chronic ones--to fibrosis development and severe pain syndrome. Of utmost importance is the patient's genetic susceptibility to pancreatitis.

[The secretory type of persons who have survived a myocardial infarct].

250 persons (117 men and 73 women) with past myocardial infarction, between 19 and 65 years of age, were examined for the secreting quality (or nonsecreting) of ABO(H) antigens in the saliva. The secreting persons were additionally examined for the antigens titer. 38.

[Chromosome markers in Balkan endemic nephropathy].

Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is wide-spread in definite districts of Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Romania. A specific chromosome marker in BEN was established. The marker is characterized by a band asymmetry in chromosome pairs #3, due to a shortening of the 3q25 band and faster fusion of sub-bands 3q26.