The Blood Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Correlates with Clinical Status in Children with Cystic Fibrosis: A Retrospective Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  O'Brien, Catherine E ^a,b   Price, Elvin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COLON CANCER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PULMONARY EXACERBATION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 84884872222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077420     Document Type: Article

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