[Effectiveness of beta-carotene for treatment of erosive ulcerative changes in gastric and duodenal mucosa in children with chronic glomerulonephritis].

The peptic ulcer of stomach and duodenum are the more often occuring complications of steroid treatment in children with chronic glomerulonephrite. Dinamic investigation has shown that the using of beta-carotin oily solution in therapy of this complications increases the efficiency of traditional treatment. It has been shown that beta-carotene administration speeds the reparation of stomach and duodenum ulcers, saves adequate serum concentration of beta-carotene and retinol. The data obtained demonstrate that beta-carotene administration in the complex therapy of chronic glomerulonephrite patient with gastroenteropathy should be recommended.