[Roentgenologic assessment of articular lesions in rheumatoid arthritis].

The article presents a comparative analysis of methods for quantitative assessment of roengenologic changes in the joints in rheumatoid arthritis that have come to be widely used in USA and Europe. It is noted that the Steinbroker's method widely employed by clinicians fails to give an integral assessment of the articular affection. Expediency is documented of employment of the Sharp's method in roentgenologic monitoring in clinical trials of new antirheumatic drug preparations.

[Enzymatic status of lymphocytes and various aspects of prognosis of the course of chronic lymphocytic leukemia].

Analysis of the characteristic changes in the activity of the tetrade of lymphocyte dehydrogenases (malate, lactate, succinate and mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase) in patients suffering from chronic lymphoid leukemia is regarded by the authors of the paper as one of the sources of information permitting one to forecast the course of the disease under study.

[Clinical variants of epidemic encephalitis in Primor'e].

The authors examined 104 patients with epidemic encephalitis (48 in the acute stage and 56 in chronic). In the acute stage the following forms were distinguished: vestibular, lethargic, hyperkinetic and psychosensory. The chronic stage included postencephalitic parkinsonism, hyperkinetic and lethargic forms.