New predictive parameters of bell’s palsy: Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and platelet to lymphocyte ratio

Balkan Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-170

  Atan, Doğan ^a   İkincioğulları, Aykut ^a   Köseoğlu, Sabri ^b   Özcan, Kürşat Murat ^a   Çetin, Mehmet Ali ^a   Ensari, Serdar ^a   Dere, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bell s palsy; Inflammation; Lymphocytes; Neutrophils; Platelets

Indexed keywords

LIPID; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PLATELET LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84929461426     PISSN: 21463123     EISSN: 21463131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15456     Document Type: Article

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