[Blast transformation of lymphocytes in panarteritis of the aorta and its branches]

In 49 patients with panarteritis of the aorta and its branches the reaction of blast-transformation as one of the indicators of the immune system condition, of T-lymphocytes in particular, was studied. A definite significance of the lymphocytes blast-transformation reaction in confirming the autoimmune element in the pathogenesis of panarteritis of the aorta and its branches was established.