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№2' 2008
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGYInternational Medical Journal, Vol. 14., Iss. 2, 2008, P. 52−56.
BLOOD SERUM AMOUNT OF CYTOKINES AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN PATIENTS WITH LARYNGITIS
Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post−graduate Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine
The findings of investigation of a number of interleukines and proteins of acute phase of inflammation in patients with acute and chronic hyperplastic laryngitis are presented. The factors predisposing chronic inflammatory processes in the larynx and an abnormal reaction of the factors of intercellular immune cooperation in the patients ere revealed.
Key words: acute and chronic laryngitis, cytokines, C−reactive protein.