Pain as leading syndrome of the somatoform disorders at the pediatrics.

Objective: The aim: Study of somatoform vegetative dysfunction' clinical features at adolescent age with a chronic pain (HA syndrome and AP syndrome), and also socially-psychological factors of its formation too.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: There are 82 teenagers have been examined in this research: 48 girls (58,5 %) and 34 young men (41,5 %) at the age of 16 - 17 years. Research will be done according to diagnostic criteria of ICD-10.

Methods of transmission and features of the course of hepatitis c virus infection in children: medical and social aspects.

Objective: Introduction: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major global problem. According to WHO, 150-200 million people globally have hepatitis C infection. Even though HCV infection morbidity rate in children is relatively low in comparison with the adult population, approximately 5 million children in the world have active HCV.

Efficacy and acceptability of early mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion in Ukraine: results of two clinical trials.

Background: Abortion services are legally available in Ukraine although there are issues in quality and access. Two studies were conducted in Ukraine to expand options for women, and to determine the efficacy and acceptability of medical abortion.

Study Design: Two open-label clinical trials were conducted at six clinics in Ukraine.