[Immune shifts in patients with thyrotoxicosis under the effect of the autotransfusion of UV-irradiated blood].

The authors have carried on an investigation of humoral immunity in 64 patients with thyrotoxicosis of different degrees. It was found that patients with different degrees of thyrotoxicosis had an elevated level of immunoglobulins and that autotransfusion of UV irradiated blood considerably normalized the content of immunoglobulins in blood serum, especially in patients with mild and mean degrees of thyrotoxicosis.