[Humoral immunological aspects of the pathogenesis of rheumatism, nonrheumatic carditis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in children].

The state has been studied of the humoral component of immunological reactivity according to the content of the serumal complement, complement-bounding antibodies, immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin-antibodies of the main classes in the time-related course of rheumatism, nonrheumatic carditis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in children. Tissue, enzymic, streptococcal antigens have been used together with those of nucleotides, nucleases. The obtained results suggest to us that the humoral component of bodily immunological reactivity has an important part in pathogenesis of the above medical conditions. It can be used in the diagnosis of affections of the heart.