[Dynamics of succinate dehydrogenase activity to premature infants with hypothalamic brain damage].

Cytochemical examinations of the activity of lymphocyte succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (AP) were carried out in 70 prematurely born infants. Later catamnestic observations of the neuropsychic development of these children were carried out up to the age of 6 to 7 years. An analysis of correlations between the cytochemical findings and the data on the neuropsychic status showed a high informative value of the SDH activity level for forecasting subsequent delay of the psychic development, as well as some other neurological syndromes in prematurely born children. The data obtained give one grounds of recommend cytochemical examinations of infants with perinatal hypoxic damage of the brain for forecasting their subsequent neuropsychic development and instituting early correcting and individual therapy.