The Prognostic Value of the Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in Acute Pancreatitis: Identification of an Optimal NLR

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 675-681

  Suppiah, Aravind ^a,c   Malde, Deep ^a   Arab, Tameem ^a   Hamed, Mazin ^a   Allgar, Victoria ^b   Smith, Andrew M ^a   Morris Stiff, Gareth ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; Prognostic scoring system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875055110     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2121-1     Document Type: Article

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