[The capping effect and possibilities of its use in clinical practice]. / "Képping"-éffekt i vozmozhnosti ego ispol'zovaniia v klinike.

A modified procedure for parametric studies of the capping effect is described and the significance of this effect in some clinical situations is demonstrated. The authors discuss the possibility of applying this phenomenon to assessment of the immunocompetent cell functional activity, to the diagnosis of immune deficiency states, and to monitoring the patients' clinical status.