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CHANGES OF T REGULATORY CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND THEIR CLINICAL VALUE 63 Lina Garjonytė, Laimutė Jurgauskienė, Radvilė Malickaitė, Virginija Šileikienė, Edvardas Danila

ORGANIZATION OF THE RABBIT CARDIAC NEURONAL CLUSTERS: MORPHOLOGIC BASIS FOR EXPERIMENTAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 69 Ligita Gukauskienė

MURDERS AND GRIEVOUS BODILY INJURIES COMMITTED BY CHILDREN 75 Rita Aliukonienė, Algimantas Jasulaitis, Vygintas Aliukonis, Neringa Mačiulytė

PATIENT PREPARATION FOR LABORATORY TESTING AND ITS IMPACT ON RESULTS 83 Laima Skrickienė, Dovilė Mizeikytė

CHEMISTRY, BIOAVAILABILITY, MECHNISMS OF ACTION AND BENECIFIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF CAROTENOIDS 88 Asta Mažeikienė

HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AND THEIR LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS 99 Rėda Matuzevičienė, Vytautas Žėkas

LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE 105 Karolina Laužikaitė, Rėda Matuzevičienė

REVIVED RELATIONS BETWEEN VILNIUS UNIVERSITY AND THE JONIŠKĖLIS HOSPITAL 111 Vitalija Miežutavičiūtė, Eugenijus Petrovas, Aistis Zalnora