SERUM RHEUMATOID FACTORS IN TRAUMATIC IMPAIRMENT OF THE BONE-MARROW

Enzyme immunoassay was used in the research of the levels of rheumatoi d factor (RF) of IgM and IgG in the blood serum of patients with the i njury of the spinal cord and osteochondroses. Analysis of the results obtained demonstrated a 46 % RF IgG seropositivity and 40 % RF IgM ser opositivity in the patients with the injury of the spinal cord in the late period of the disease. The patients with freshly injured CNS demo nstrated 12 and 14 % seropositivity, respectively. Osteochondrosis pat ients demonstrated a 33 % RF IgG seropositivity. The detection of the blood serum RF enabled one to quality the systemic lesions at the inju ry of the spine cord in the late period of the disease as a rheumatoid condition. On the basis of the data obtained a conclusion could be ma de of fact that the detection of RF was a reliable serological test fo r the assessment of the severity of the condition associated with the injury sustained.