title: [Clinical-morphological assessment of the functional status of tonsils in clinical manifestations of chronic tonsillitis].
abstract: Correlations between lacunar content and morphofunctional condition of palatine tonsil immunocompetent tissue were studied histologically, histochemically, morphometrically, microbiologically and cytologically. The microbiological and cytological lacunar findings provide a life-time assessment of tonsillar functional activity. Clinical efficiency of the method makes it valuable for choice of treatment and evaluation of the response to conservative treatment of chronic tonsillitis.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Khmel'nitskaia
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lantsov
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology