[T-lymphocyte subpopulations in autoimmune and subacute thyroiditis treated with T-activin]

The results of examination of 15 patients with autoimmune and subacute thyroiditis are analyzed. T-cellular immunity parameters have been examined, i.e. total T-lymphocytes, T-suppressors, T-helpers, killers. The study has revealed a reduction of the total T-lymphocyte count and a shifted ratio of the T-lymphocyte subpopulations, these changes being more manifest in autoimmune thyroiditis. T-activin++ therapy resulted in a manifest tendency to normalization of the counts of T-lymphocytes and their subpopulations.