[The pathogenesis of sexual disorders in men with diabetes mellitus].

The examination of 217 males suffering from diabetes mellitus revealed copulative dysfunction in 111 (51.1%) of them. The investigation of sex, gonadotropic hormones, testicular reserves, sexual constitution and sexual formula was carried out in 22-55-year-old males with sexual dysfunction and healthy controls.

[The function of the hypophysis-gonadal system in men with diabetes and in men with thyroid diseases].

A study was made of indices of the hypophyseogonadal system in men with diabetes mellitus, in men with autoimmune thyroiditis and hypothyroidism, and in men with Basedow's disease. Sexual dysfunction was detected in 51% of patients with diabetes mellitus and in 78.5% patients with hypothyroidism.

[Various immunologic indices in primary chronic adrenal insufficiency].

Patients with primary chronic adrenal insufficiency (PCAI) in decompensation demonstrated a decrease in the total level of blood immunoglobulins, in particular IgG, with the normal level of B-lymphocytes. A decrease in IgG and an increase in IgA content was noted in the eucorticoid state; relative and absolute lymphocytosis determined by an increase in T- and B-lymphocytes was also noted. In overdosage of cortisone acetate the total number of immunoglobulins was normal, but IgA was raised and IgG lowered.