[Status of local and general immunity in patients with multiple sclerosis]

A study was made of the general (blood) and local (CSF) immunity in 18 patients with clinically active multiple sclerosis running different course and in 14 controls. The relative and absolute count of T and B lymphocytes, phagocytizing cells, the content of IgA, IgM and IgG, circulating immune complexes, some fractions of complement, functional activity of blood granulocytes and mononuclears were measured. The patients with multiple sclerosis manifested appreciable alterations in cellular and humoral immunity of the blood and CSF. No correlation was observed in alterations of the immunological parameters of the blood and CSF whereas in some cases (E-RFL), the changes were of different character. The relationship was discovered between the intensity of alterations in local immunity and the type of the disease.