Retrospective clinical and serological studies of tick-borne encephalitis-indication for vaccination

Introduction: Tick borne encephalitis (TBE) is a potentially debilitating disease caused by TBE virus. Tick born encephalitis has wide distribution. Natural foci of TBE had been localized in the Lublin region, Poland, wi...

Pulmonary artery pressure in association with serum parathormone in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Introduction: There are several potential explanations for the development of PH in patients with stable hemodialysis patients. Hormonal and metabolic derangement associated with end-stage renal failure might lead to pul...

The lung function in operated acquired mitral and aortic valve diseases without left ventricular failure – preliminary observations before operation

Introduction: The study has been designed to evaluate the influence of the operations on cardio-pulmonary by-pass, particulary with systemic normothermia and cold crystalloid cardioplegia on the function of heart and l...

Association of glutathione-S-transferase P1 genotypes with susceptibility to bronchial asthma in children

Introduction: Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation, a critical component of which is oxidative stress. We describe an association study designed to examine whether allelic variation at the glutathione-S-transfe...

A practical method to determine the “atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype”