METHOD FOR ESTIMATING INFLAMMATION ACTIVITY IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMA CASES Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC G01N33/483 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out skin window test, fixing smears obtained in 12 and 24 h with methanol and stained according to Hoxty, determining neutrophil and macrophage number, counting 100-500 cells in each smear. Neutrophil percentage being equal to 57.78±4.40 in 12 h and 32.35±3.61 in 24 h, the first inflammatory process activity degree is considered to be the case. Neutrophil percentage being equal to 62.56±5.50 in 12 h and 40.88±6.22 in 24 h, the second inflammatory process activity degree is considered to be the case.

EFFECT: high accuracy, safety information capacity of the method.

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