Clinical and immunological aspects of the spa treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

The parameters of cellular and humoral immunity were studied in 160 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Immunodeficiency of T-lymphocytes was found in 41% of patients with minimal and in 67% of patients with an average degree of activity of rheumatoid arthritis, on the basis of which various complexes of spa treatment of this disease were developed.

Keywords

rheumatoid arthritis / immunological methods for studying the activity of the process / spa treatment / Kazan Medical archiv

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