Some characteristics of social interactions among adolescents in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia.

Introduction: The bioecological model refers to the basic social needs that a person has satisfied through social interactions. In individualist cultures, the need for independence is emphasized with the aim of self-realization and personal achievement. In collectivist cultures, togetherness is encouraged and it prevails over individuality.

Hemangioblastoma during pregnancy. Case report.

A 20-year-old pregnant woman (8th month of gestation) developed signs of intracranial hypertension and coordination disorders. The CT examination demonstrated hydrocephalus, occlusion of the IV ventricle and hyperdense mass lesion in the right cerebellar hemisphere. Following ventricular drainage cesarean section was performed and then total removal of cerebellar hemangioblastoma, which resulted in rapid and complete reversal of neurological abnormalities of the mother and the child.

[The interferon reaction of the leukocytes in newborn infants and their mothers].

The interferon reaction of leucocytes (IRL) in the newborns and their mothers were examined in vitro. The ability of leucocytes, obtained from the blood of the umbilical cord of newborns, to synthesize interferon was established in 48.78% of the investigated newborns while in their mothers the relative part was 70.

Postoperative hematomas following 505 operations for intracranial meningiomas.

Five hundred and five operations for intracranial meningiomas were complicated by 18 postoperative hematomas (POH)--3.56%. The POH were more frequently encountered in older patients and/or patients with atherosclerosis, arterial hypertension and diabetes.

[Serum interferon in newborn infants and their mothers].

The results from a study on serum interferon in newborns and their mothers are described. The newborns infants receive serum interferon transplacentally in a relative part of the examined cases. Coincidence in the levels of interferon in newborns and their mothers is found in 50% of the cases.