[125th anniversary of the Serbian Medical Society].

Serbian Medical Society was founded on April 22, 1872. Foundation initiators were physicians of the following nationalities: 5 Serbs, 3 Czechs, 2 Poles, 3 Germans, 1 Slovak and 1 Greek. Josip Pancić was one of its founders as well, and the first president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

[Metabolism of amino acids in fetuses with cytomegalovirus infection and growth retardation].

Aim of the study was to evaluate correlation between valine and glycine, representatives of essential and nonessential amino acids, in fetuses appropriate and small for gestational age with congenital cytomegalovirus infection. Umbilical venous cord blood was obtained by cordocentesis at 22 to 29 weeks' gestation from 18 women (11 in appropriate for gestational age--A, and seven in small for gestational age--B) fetuses with CMV infection. Plasma amino acids were measured with an Beckman M 121 amino acid analyzer.

[Antenatal homeostasis of insulin and glucose in the fetus with cytomegalovirus infection].

Factors of effect on the fetal glucose level can be of maternal, placental or fetal origin. The level of fetal insulin during gestation is regulated by the potentials of the endogenous fetal production on one hand and on the other by the factors (primarily glucaemia) that stimulate or inhibit its production. The aim of this paper was to analyze in which way and to what extent the congenital infection with the Cytomegalovirus disturbs the metabolism of the fetal glucose and insulin.

[Placental proteins and protein hormones in high risk pregnancies].

Experimental part of this study contains a description of an in vitro pattern of protein and protein hormones synthesis in the placental slices of various gestational ages. Incorporation of leucine -14C into placental proteins in vitro was followed-up for the purpose of measuring intensity of protein biosynthesis during pregnancy. It has been detected that the most intensive biosynthesis occurs in placentas from 6 to 8 weeks of gestation, decreases already in the 12th week, slightly increases from 22 to 24 weeks, and significantly falls at term.

Laparoscopy treatment of adnexal sterility.

A total of 113 patients who were examined and treated for matrimonial infertility underwent surgical laparoscopy at the Sterility and Infertility Department, Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Nis. Age distribution in the group of patients who were subjected to surgical laparoscopy after diagnosis was 31.39 +/- 6.