Diagnostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with leprosy reactions
Introduction: Leprosy reactions, classified as type 1 and type 2 reactions, are acute clinical conditions of exacerbation of localized or systemic inflammatory response inpatients with leprosy. No laboratory biomarker is available to predict the emergence of these reactions. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte...
Main Authors: | Luciano Teixeira Gomes, Yvelise Terezinha Morato-Conceição, Ana Vitória Mota Gambati, Carolina Mira Maciel-Pereira, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-02-01
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Series: | Heliyon |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020302140 |
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