Meta-analysis of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in rheumatoid arthritis.

Gian Luca ErrePanagiotis PaliogiannisFloriana CastagnaArduino Aleksander MangoniCiriaco CarruGiuseppe PassiuAngelo Zinellu

Published in: European journal of clinical investigation (2018)

The NLR and PLR are significantly associated with the presence of RA. Further studies are required to ascertain the potential clinical use of these simple and relatively inexpensive markers in RA diagnosis.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity
systematic review
case control
peripheral blood
ankylosing spondylitis
interstitial lung disease
meta analyses
systemic lupus erythematosus
human health