title: [Metabolic aspects of the differential diagnosis of chronic asthmatic bronchitis and bronchial asthma].
abstract: The authors have presented an analysis of the results of a study of patients with chronic asthmatic bronchitis and bronchial asthma to detect possible qualitative differences in changes of indices that characterize the intensity of free radical oxidation and antioxidant activity. With this aim in view the level of lipid peroxidation (LPO), alpha-tocopherol content and SOD activity were determined. In patients with bronchial asthma a raised LPO level was noted in parallel with a decrease in alpha-tocopherol content and SOD activity up to the values below the normal ones. A degree of deviation of the indices from those in health depended on the gravity of a course of bronchial asthma. In patients with asthmatic bronchitis in exacerbation and remission with a raised LPO level alpha-tocopherol content and SOD activity remained within normal. These differences can be used for differential diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000097:blood; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D014810:Vitamin E; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase
vernacular_title: O nekotorykh metabolicheskikh aspektakh differentsial'nogo diagnoza khronicheskogo astmaticheskogo bronkhita i bronkhial'noĭ astmy.