[Clinical and epidemiological study of lacrimal neoplasms].

A cross-sectional mass epidemiological survey of 18,320 urban and rural citizens of the Republic of Tadjikistan revealed 31 patients with orbital tumors, of which lacrimal neoplasms were determined in 4 (0.022% in the general population and 12.9% of the identified orbital tumors).

[Indicators of iron metabolism and cellular immunity in healthy children and in those with iron deficiency anemia in relation to ecological conditions].

The authors provide statistical data attesting to the fact that during the development of iron deficiency anemia in schoolchildren, the hematological, biochemical indicators characterizing iron metabolism in the body and phagocytic activity of peripheral blood leukocytes, one of the parameters of cellular immunity, undergo noticeable changes. It has been noted that in the regions where toxic chemicals are intensely used, both children with iron deficiency and normal ones demonstrate a significant decrease of phagocytic activity of leukocytes in spite of the fact that no quantitative alterations in iron metabolism are detectable in such a case.