[Studies of perilymph protein fractions in patients with otosclerosis]

Studies of the blood serum in 20 patients and perilymph in 10 patients with otosclerosis showed stability in concentration of total protein as compared with similar control data obtained from cadavers. In this case proteinograms of the blood serum and perilymph of patients with otosclerosis exhibit a statistically significant decrease in albumin and an increase in globulin fractions mainly at the expense of beta- and gamma-globulins with respect to the control. The data obtained evidence the presence of immunological disorders in patients with otosclerosis.