The Relationship Between Inflammatory Marker Levels and Pulmonary Tuberculosis Severity

Inflammation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 691-696

  Abakay, Ozlem ^a   Abakay, Abdurrahman ^a   Sen, Hadice Selimoglu ^a   Tanrikulu, Abdullah C ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

inflammatory markers; neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; pulmonary tuberculosis; radiological extent; red blood cell distribution width

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938862642     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: 15732576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-014-9978-y     Document Type: Article

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