Is common variable immunodeficiency associated with a functional deficiency of invariant natural killer T cells?
iNKT cells are deficient and/or functionally impaired in most of the patients with CVID.
Routine laboratory tests, including determination of absolute lymphocyte count, should not be used in the diagnosis of SARS or incorporated into current case definitions of SARS. The role of the absolute neutrophil count in SARS diagnosis is likely limited, but it should be assessed further.