Neutrophil/lymphocyte and c-reactive protein/mean platelet volume ratios in differentiating between viral and bacterial pneumonias and diagnosing early complications in children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 442-447

  Bekdas, Mervan ^a   Goksugur, Sevil B ^a   Sarac, Esma G ^a   Erkocoglu, Mustafa ^a   Demircioglu, Fatih ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; THROMBOCYTE;

BLOOD PLATELETS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 84901006690     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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