Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio: A hopeful marker predicting the disease severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Liver International

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1188-

  Celikbilek, Mehmet ^a   Dogan, Serkan ^a   Yurci, Alper ^a   Ozbakir, Omer ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULITIS;

FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 84863528239     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2012.02769.x     Document Type: Letter

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