Patient with neutrophil-specific granule deficiency
Patient with neutrophil-specific granule deficiency
A 9-year-old boy with SGD presented for evaluation with severe, large bacterial abscesses of several months duration. This patient was described in detail by Gallin JI, et al.[1]
SGD: specific granule deficiency.
Courtesy of Robert L Roberts, MD, PhD.
Reference:
Gallin JI, Fletcher P, Seligmann BE, et al. Human Neutrophil-Specific Granule Deficiency: A Model to Assess the Role of Neutrophil-Specific Granules in the Evolution of the Inflammatory Response. Blood 1982; 59:1317.
