METHOD FOR EVALUATING CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G01N33/49 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention describes a method for evaluating clinical effectiveness in ulcerative colitis that involves analysing pre-therapeutic and therapeutic blood serum samples that is combined with microscopy of two blood serum samples which are dropped on a slide surface; one of them is dried to produce a fascia, while the other one is covered with a cover glass and dehydrated at temperature 24-25°C; the therapy is considered to be effective if observing partially oriented radial cracks in the fascia and parallel lines in the textures of the second sample as shown by the repeated analysis following in 7 days after the beginning of treatment.

EFFECT: instant and reliable evaluation of clinical effectiveness, change of a group of preparations and assessment of their action on an inflammatory process in the colon or adequate proposals for surgical management, reduced risk of severe complications accompanying the therapy, the method does not require special equipment; it is highly economical, accessible by laboratories of healthcare facilities of any capacity.

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