Abstract: | Serum concentrations of cryoglobulins were measured in patients with ischemic stroke; inadequate changes in these concentrations over the course of the entire acute period of the disease were shown. Positive effect of selective plasmapheresis on the decrease in cryoglobulin concentration and recovery of patients was confirmed.__________Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 139, No. 5, pp. 582–584, May, 2005 |