METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF CLINICAL COURSE OF AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G01N33/53 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: peripheral venous blood of the patients with autoimmune thyroiditis is examined for the absolute transferring receptor (CD71+) T-lymphocyte count and the interleukin-2 (IL-2) concentration. If the CD71+ T-lymphocyte count exceeds 0.3×10⁹ cell/l, and the IL-2 concentration is less than 25 pg/ml, a favourable clinical course of the disease is predicted, while the CD71+ T-lymphocyte count less than 0.3×10⁹ cell/l and the IL-2 concentration exceeding 25 pg/ml shows an unfavourable clinical course of autoimmune thyroiditis.

EFFECT: method provides more accurate and objective prediction with using the material, reagents and research methods widely applied in common clinical-laboratory practise.

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