Underlying liver disease and advanced stage liver cancer are associated with elevated neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio
Background/Aims Inflammation-based scores, such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), have been associated with prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); but variable cut-off values and potential lack of specificity have limited the utility of NLR. This study evaluates NLR in a large cohor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
2019-09-01
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Series: | Clinical and Molecular Hepatology |
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Online Access: | http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-2019-0004.pdf |