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Comment
. 2021 Jan:90:107154.
doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107154. Epub 2020 Nov 21.

NLR, d-NLR and PLR can be affected by many factors

Cihan Bedel  1 , Mustafa Korkut  2 , Hamit Hakan Armağan  3
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Comment

NLR, d-NLR and PLR can be affected by many factors

Cihan Bedel et al. Int Immunopharmacol. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

We have read the article by Yang et al, entitled "The diagnostic and predictive role of NLR, d-NLR and PLR in COVID-19 patients" with great interest. The authors emphasized that the NLR (Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio) is an independent prognostic biomarker for COVID-19 patients. First of all, we congratulate the authors for their valuable contribution to the literature in these difficult conditions. However, we would like to add on a few cases that need more attention.

Keywords: COVID-19; Lymphocyteto-monocyte ratio; Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio.

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