FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves determining risen sensitivity of blood neutrophils to alcohol, determining the number of tetrazolium-nitro-blue - positive neutrophils concurrently under conditions of spontaneous and stimulated reduction of the tetrazolium nitro blue, calculating ethanol sensitivity index of neutrophils. Its value being greater than 0.06, alcohol dependency is diagnosed. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of diagnosis. 1 tbl
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1997-11-27—Published
1994-03-05—Filed