Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio as a measure of systemic inflammation in prevalent chronic diseases in Asian population

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Imtiaz, Fauzia ^a   Shafique, Kashif ^a,b   Mirza, Saira ^a   Ayoob, Zeenat ^a   Vart, Priya ^b   Rao, Saadiyah ^c  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancers; Cardiovascular diseases; Co morbidity; NLR; Systemic inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84856112538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-5-2     Document Type: Article

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