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L V Sapelkina

Publications and source records attributed to L V Sapelkina.

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[Characteristics of immunobiological resistance of children with diabetes mellitus].

Immunoglobulins and nonspecific defence factors (complement, properdin, lysozyme) were studied over time in 194 children suffering from diabetes mellitus. In 145 children, diabetes mellitus was associated with chronic tonsillitis. Resistance in 49 children was examined depending on the phase of diabetes mellitus. The data obtained indicate that diabetes mellitus is marked by imbalance of nonspecific defence factors and humoral immunity. These changes are obviously related to the disease gravity, phasic nature of the process, diabetes mellitus standing, and the presence of concomitant diseases. No parallelism was established between the level of nonspecific defence factors and specific immunity activity.

Adolescent↗

[Comparative aspects of the changes in lipid metabolism indicators in lymphocyte and erythrocyte membranes in children with diabetes mellitus].

Lipid metabolism in lymphocytes was compared to that in the blood serum and red blood cells. 50 children aged 7 to 15 years suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in the phase of decompensation without ketosis were examined. The patients were treated at hospital. 12 healthy children of the same age made up the control group. The changes in the lipid composition of red blood cells were shown to follow "passively" the changes occurring in the lipid composition of the blood serum. On the contrary, the changes in the lipid composition of lymphocyte membranes in IDDM are of "active" nature and may be caused by the displacement of the metabolic changes in lipid to a new pathological level. The changes in the lipid composition of lymphocyte membranes, seen in the phase of IDDM decompensation are one of the main factors responsible for the lowering of lymphocyte function that determines the formation of immunodeficiency followed by the superaddition of infectious diseases.

Adolescent↗

[Hypoglycemia and epilepsy syndrome in diabetes mellitus in children].

Eight children suffering from diabetes mellitus and epilepsia were followed up. Emphasis is laid on the necessity of measuring glycemia in diabetes mellitus patients during convulsive attacks as well as on the importance of early diagnosis of epilepsia to institute multimodality treatment.

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[Insulin requirements of patients with initial manifestations and decompensation of diabetes mellitus].

Altogether 100 children suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus were examined. Analysis of insulin requirement was performed in children with the first disease manifestation and in those with varying disease standing with regard to the type of insulin preparations used. According to the clinical observations, mono-component insulin preparations turned out absolutely superior in the attainment of diabetic process compensation in children with a comparatively low insulin requirement in the course of the treatment of the first disease manifestation and insulin requirement appreciably rose with the increase of the disease standing or superaddition of intercurrent diseases.

Adolescent↗