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Admission neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio predicts 90 day outcome after endovascular stroke therapy
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English - November 05, 2014 14:23 - 11 minutes - 7.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine aneurysm stroke vascular malformation brain spine treatment cost efficacy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Immune dysregulation influences outcome following acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Admission white blood cell counts are routinely obtained, making the neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) a readily available biomarker of the immune response to stroke.
With colleagues Taura Barr, WVU Prevention Research Center, One Medical Center Drive, sought to identify the relationship between NLR and 90 day AIS outcome. Rob Tarr asks her what they found.
Read the full paper:
http://goo.gl/nGXmYO