[Features of the clinical picture and diagnosis of nonspecific aorto-arteritis with lesions of the arch of the aorta].

A total of 68 patients with non-specific aortoarteritis (NAA) and the involvement of the aortic arch and its branches were observed. The onset of disease in a young age, a high frequency of cerebro-ischemic disorders and involvement of the other vascular regions, late diagnosis were typical signs. Knowledge of NAA clinical peculiarities, thorough examination of patients using physical and instrumental methods turned out decisive in diagnosis.

[State of microcirculation and the system of hemostasis in Sjögren's disease, Sjögren's syndrome and chronic parenchymatous parotitis].

Microcirculation and hemocoagulation were examined in 88 patients with Sjögren's disease and Sjögren's syndrome (SD and SS) in 20 patients with chronic parenchymatous parotitis (CPP) without a "dry syndrome", and in 20 healthy donors by conjunctival angioscopy, capillaroscopy of the nail matrix, and histological study of the salivary glands. Hemostasis was explored with the use of 37 tests. SD and SS patients manifested significantly more pronounced microcirculatory disorders versus donors (P less than 0.