[Value of cytochemical tests in nephrology]

The activity of peripheral blood leukocyte enzymes (neutrophils and lymphocytes) was assessed by cytochemical methods in 166 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis and amyloidosis (primary, secondary, hereditary in periodical disease) to determine their importance for differential diagnosis and to assess the activity and prognosis of these nephropathies. Correlation of the nature of enzymatic shifts with nephropathy type, activity of inflammation and prognosis of nephritides was shown. The effectiveness of the use of cytochemical tests in examination of nephrological patients was substantiated.