[The use of low doses of prednisolone for the treatment of patients with Duchenne-Becker myodystrophy].

A special program for long-term application of low-dose prednisolone treatment in Duchenne-Becker muscular dystrophy with complex control of the patients' state was developed. Three-month cycles of prednisolone treatment alternated with three-month cycles of placebo during the year. Each patient received 0.

[A databank on Russian families with hereditary neuromuscular diseases].

The information about 5 thousands Russian families with hereditary neuromuscular disorders (HNMD) was collected by means of both different genetic epidemiological methods and authors' own observations. On the basis of this material a computer database MYODYS in Excel 5.0 format was created, which included information about 30 different signs concerning 1920 families from 70 regions of Russia.

[Calculation of the effective dose in human external irradiation with photons and neutrons].

The method of calculation of the effective dose equivalent for external neutron and photon radiation are presented. Adjoint transport Monte-Carlo code ROBOT is used to calculate fluence-to-effective dose conversion function for MIRD phantoms. Two broad neutron and photon beam irradiations were chosen frontally and isotropically.

[Clinico-electroneuromyographic characteristics of myelodysplasia in children].

Myelodysplasia is a topical problem of childhood neurology. The early diagnosis and treatment of myelodysplasia prevents the development of severe neurological symptomatology. Twenty patients with myelodysplasia were investigated using clinical, electroneuromyographic, and thermographic methods of examination.