title: Immunodeficiency due to defects of polymorphonuclear leukocyte function.
abstract: Functional defects of polymorphonuclear leukocytes can lead to clinical immunodeficiency. Understanding these conditions requires a knowledge of normal polymorph physiology and the means to analyse various aspects of polymorph function. Primary diseases of polymorph function are rare, whereas disorders secondary to other diseases are more common. Prompt diagnosis of these conditions leads to better patient management.
mesh_terms: D002465:Cell Movement; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000276:immunology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis