METHOD OF DIAGNOSING HYPER- AND HYPO- FUNCTION OF THYROID GLAND Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A61B5/00 G01N1/28 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, endocrinology, pathophysiology and biology. For diagnostics of hyper- and hypo- function of thyroid gland physical method of examination is used. Glass plate, on which preliminarily in form of path applied is 1% water solution of asparaginic aminoacid (1% WSAA) in volume 0.03-0.05 ml, is placed on neck skin surface in zone of thyroid gland projection. Plate is kept on neck surface in zone of thyroid gland projection during 3-5 minutes. Preparation is dried in thermostat at T= +18-20°C during 2-3 minutes, after that is examined in polarised light with quartz compensator. If in preparation crystals - small plumose with separate rhombic inclusions- are present, hyperfunction of thyroid gland is registered. If only rhombic inclusions are present, hypofunction of thyroid gland is diagnosed.

EFFECT: method is simple in realisation, highly-informative, reduces examination time and financial costs.

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