Role of the neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio in the differential diagnosis between pulmonary tuberculosis and bacterial community-acquired pneumonia

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-110

  Yoon, Neul Bom ^a   Son, Choonhee ^a   Um, Soo Jung ^a  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Lymphocyte; Neutrophil; Pneumonia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876124432     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.2.105     Document Type: Article

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