Neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet-lymphocyte rate and their seasonal differences in ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis patients using anti-TNF medication
BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, vol.120, no.8, pp.586-592, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 120 Issue: 8
- Publication Date: 2019
- Doi Number: 10.4149/bll_2019_096
- Journal Name: BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.586-592
- Keywords: neutrophil, lymphocyte, platelet, rate, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, DISEASE-ACTIVITY, WEATHER CONDITIONS, INFLAMMATION, VOLUME, MARKERS, FIBRINOGEN, COUNT
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In recent years, neutrophil-lymphocyte rate (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte rate (PLR) are reported to be increasing in plenty of rheumatological diseases and the latter rates to be disease activity indicators. In our study, we aimed to search for the difference in NLR and PLR before and after the treatment, their relationship with the disease activity and their seasonal differences in patients using anti-TNF medication for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) while.