[Normal values of the neutrophil granulocyte adhesion test in the peripheral blood of adults]

After emphasizing the importance of adhesion of cells to a substrate as fundamental biological phenomenon, the authors discuss recently published data concerning adhesion of human neutrophil granulocytes and the clinical implications of its deficiency, showing the method developed in the Center of Haematology, Bucharest, based upon the Taga-Sturdza procedure and the works of Gifford and Malawista. The study included 82 young healthy subjects. The normal mean adhesion index in women was 5.10 +/- 0.34 and in men 4.61 +/- 0.27; the statistical difference between the sexes is not significant. The proportion of NBT-positive adherent cells was 40--60% in both groups.