METHOD OF MONITORING FIBROUS PROCESS IN LIVER OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC G01N33/53 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to field of medicine, in particular hepatology and infectious diseases, and can be used for determination of stage of fibrous process in monitoring of patients with chronic hepatitis C. To realise method levels of blood serum cytokins are determined in patients with chronic hepatitis C with diagnosed by means of biopsy or other non-invasive method stage of fibrous process 2 times a year, with further calculation of cytokine profile integral index (CPII) on their basis, at initial stage F0 growth of CPII higher than -8 testifies to debut of fibrous changes in liver (transition to stage F1), at initial stage F1, drop of CPII below -10 testifies to transition to stage F2, at initial stage F2 growth of CPII higher than -3 testifies to transition of fibrosis to stage F3, at initial stage F3 drop of CPII below -3 testifies to development of cirrhosis.

EFFECT: determination of stage of fibrous process in monitoring of patients with chronic hepatitis C.

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