[Experience in using T-activin in multiple sclerosis patients]

Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1984;84(2):168-74.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Forty patients with multiple sclerosis of a differing course, duration and severity were treated in this series. T-activin was employed as an immunocorrective agent (AFT-6 fraction). The immunological status was assessed in all patients observed prior to, during and after the treatment. Good clinical response was noted in patients with a secondary progressive course; the effect of a short course of treatment with T-activin on the state of patients with a prolonged progressive course or at the stage of stabilization in the presence of severe organic symptomatology was less prominent. AFT-6 showed a beneficial effect on the immunological status of patients, largely on the T-immunity system. Following the treatment, most patients displayed the normalization of the total lymphocyte count and of the proportional content of T-cells with their activity rising.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Male
  • Multiple Sclerosis / drug therapy*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / immunology
  • Peptides*
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Rosette Formation
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Thymus Extracts / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Peptides
  • Thymus Extracts
  • T-activin