Value of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in the differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis and tuberculosis

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 232-235

  Iliaz, Sinem ^a   Iliaz, Raim ^b   Ortakoylu, Gonenc ^a   Bahadir, Ayse ^a   Bagci, Belma Akbaba ^a   Caglar, Emel ^a  

^a Department of Pulmonary Medicine Istanbul Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Granulomatous inflammation; neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; sarcoidosis; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907014915     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.140135     Document Type: Article

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