Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and early clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 387, Issue , 2018, Pages 115-118

  Yu, Sungwook ^a,b,c   Arima, Hisatomi ^b   Bertmar, Carin ^c   Clarke, Stephen ^c   Herkes, Geoffrey ^c   Krause, Martin ^c  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Leukocyte; Lymphocyte; Neutrophil; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 85041651795     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.002     Document Type: Article

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