Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio may predict progression in patients with keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1168-1173

  Karaca, Emine Esra ^a   Özmen, Mehmet Cüneyt ^b   Ekici, Feyzahan ^c   Yüksel, Erdem ^b   Türkoʇlu, Zülal ^b  

^a Sorgun Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Keratoconus; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Poor prognosis; Progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925728728     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000260     Document Type: Article

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