[Cytochemical markers for intracellular glycogen in peripheral blood neutrophils in patients with gingivitis presenting with thyroid gland disorders, and after treatment with antioxidants].

Used in this paper is the material secured in the examination of 82 children aged 11 to 14 years old presenting with thyroidal dysfunction, who had come from ecologically abnormal zones and placed on a rehabilitative treatment programme in the Eupatoriya sanatorium "Druzhba". Our objective in this work was to study effects of antioxidant therapy on parameters associated with intracellular glycogen in patients with gingivitis in the presence of a concomitant illness. The data obtained permitted coming to the conclusion that development of gingivitis is of a manifest energy-intensive character, with a concurrent morbid medical condition being an aggravating factor. The use of antioxidant therapy in a combined treatment of the above category stomatological patients was found to shorten time they receive their treatment. Other positive effects of the above therapy include prevention of complications and activation of glycogen-producing function of homeostasis.