Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a novel-potential marker for predicting prognosis of Bell palsy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1678-1681

  Bucak, Abdulkadir ^a   Ulu, Sahin ^a   Oruc, Serdar ^a   Yucedag, Fatih ^a   Tekin, Mustafa Said ^a   Karakaya, Fatima ^a   Aycicek, Abdullah ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bell palsy; Facial nerve; inflammatory marker; neutrophil; neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; prognosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

BELL PALSY; FACIAL NERVE; INFLAMMATORY MARKER; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL-TO-LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84903202673     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24551     Document Type: Article

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