Association of Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio With Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment in Children With Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 164-167

  Hüner, Ezgi Altuntas ^a   Dai, Alper I ^a   Demiryürek, Abdullah T ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

autoimmune; children; neuropathy; pediatric; treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUGHES SCORE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; WEAKNESS; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85040733738     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073817748109     Document Type: Article

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