Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in Bell's palsy and its correlation with facial nerve enhancement on MRI

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-135

  Kum, Rauf Oguzhan ^a   Yurtsever Kum, Nurcan ^a   Ozcan, Muge ^a   Yilmaz, Yavuz Fuat ^a   Gungor, Volkan ^a   Unal, Adnan ^a,b   Ciliz, Deniz Sözmen ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HITIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; inflammation; inflammatory marker; mean platelet volume; neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEAN PLATELET VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84920188983     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814555841     Document Type: Article

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