Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Its Association with Critical Limb Ischemia in PAOD Patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gary, Thomas ^a   Pichler, Martin ^a   Belaj, Klara ^a   Hafner, Franz ^a   Gerger, Armin ^a   Froehlich, Harald ^a   Eller, Philipp ^a   Pilger, Ernst ^a   Brodmann, Marianne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874092789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056745     Document Type: Article

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