[Personal experience and critical evaluations of determination of glycosylated hemoglobin in children with diabetes mellitus].

The level of glycosylated hemoglobin was determined in 39 diabetic children and in 94 normal children. In certain subjects, both diabetic and normal, the component HbA1c was also determined. After the evaluation of the results of their study, the Authors conclude that, for practical purposes, the determination of total glycosylated hemoglobin is sufficient and express doubt in the usefulness of this parameter for routine monitoring of metabolic balance in diabetic children.

Blood glucose, plasma insulin and glucagon response to arginine in infants during the first month of life.

Blood glucose, plasma insulin and plasma glucagon were determined during an arginine test at 0, 30 and 60 min in 1 to 7 and 30 day infants. The results were compared with those obtained in the 2-10-year-old children. Basal levels of blood glucose increased from the 1st to the 30th day; by the 30th day they were comparable with those observed in the 2-10-year-old children.

Membranous glomerulonephritis in congenital syphilis.

The glomerulonephritis of congenital syphilis is thought to be immune-complex mediated. We describe a case of C. S.

Blood glucose, serum insulin and glucagon response to arginine in premature infants.

The effect of arginine infusion on the peripheral blood sugar, plasma insulin and plasma glucagon was studied in 28 appropriate-for-gestational-age premature newborn infants, 1-day-old, and in 12 normal children 4-10 years old. In the premature plasma insulin and glucagon concentrations increased after arginine though less noticeably than in the older children, and their insulin/glucagon molar ratio was low at fasting and did not change after arginine. It is assumed that the endocrine pancreatic activity is already developed at birth and adequate to the metabolic state in neonatal life.

Blood glucose and plasma insulin and glucagon response during intravenous glucose tolerance test in newborn infants affected by erythroblastosis foetalis.

Intravenous glucose injection (1 g/kg b.w.) was performed in eight newborn infants affected by erythroblastosis foetalis (IEF) and in seven controls during the first day of life in order to study insulin and glucagon response.