[Hormone replacement therapy in women with arterial hypertension in peri- and postmenopause: hemodynamic effects].

Aim: To study hemodynamic effects of replacement hormone therapy (RHT) with trisecvens, beta-blocker betaksolol and their combination in perimenopausal and menopausal women with hypertension.

Material And Methods: The study was made of 60 menopausal women aged 45-60 with mild and moderate arterial hypertension (AH). The women had no contraindications to either RHT or beta-blockers.

[Diagnostic value of several immunity parameters in gestoses].

Gestosis is a grave complication of pregnancy. Assessment of its severity in various pregnancy terms is important for making decision about preterm delivery and predicting the outcome of pregnancy. The authors consider that such immunological tests as measurement of circulating immune complexes, NBT test, and cytological index of activity are reliable indicators of the severity of gestosis, which can be used for predicting the condition and its development.

[Hepatitis E in a nonendemic region: antibodies to hepatitis E virus in various groups of residents].

Increase in the number of seropositive subjects in the population of European and North-American regions not endemic for hepatitis E stimulated research in this field. This study was aimed at investigating the incidence of IgG antibodies to hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV-IgG) in subjects with different liver diseases and in groups at increased risk of infection in a nonendemic region. In patients with different diseases of the liver the incidence of anti-HEV-IgG varied from 5.