[A comparative analysis of the chemiluminescence of capillary and venous blood granulocytes].

The parameters of zymosan-stimulated luminol-dependent chemiluminescence of whole capillary and venous blood were compared in patients with chronic nonspecific diseases of the lungs. The parameters of a chemiluminescence response were in good correlation in general, but the mean values of luminescence intensity of granulocytes from the blood collected from the finger were 1.6 times lower that may be explained by the inhibiting effects of the lymph and intercellular fluid.