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ArticleMedical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal2019

The Relationship of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio with Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome.

Cagri Ilhan, Mehmet Citirik, Mehmet Murat Uzel, Kemal Tekin

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Article in Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cagri IlhanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hatay State Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
Mehmet CitirikDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Mehmet Murat UzelDepartment of Ophthalmology, Afyonkarahisar State Hospital, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Kemal TekinDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kars Harakani State Hospital, Kars, Turkey.
Afyon Kocatepe University · TRSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TRSivas State Hospital · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was conducted to reveal the role of systemic low-grade inflammation by calculating the Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome (VMTS) of different etiologies. A retrospective examination was made of the medical records at a tertiary referral hospital. The study included 31 patients with diabetic VMTS, 27 patients with idiopathic VMTS, and 35 healthy subjects as the control group. The White Blood Cell (WBC) counts and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) was compared. There were insignificant differences between the groups in terms of mean age and female/male ratio (P>0.05). The mean ± Standard Deviation (SD) of NLR was calculated as 2.43 ± 0.83 in the diabetic VMTS group, 2.38 0.96 in the idiopathic VMTS group, and 1.83 WBC: White blood cell; VMTS: Vitreomacular traction syndrome; SD: standard deviation; µL: microliter; fL: femtolitre; n: number. 0.52 in the control group (P=0.007). The values of the diabetic and idiopathic VMTS groups were significantly higher than those of the control group (P=0.002 and P=0.032, respectively). However, differences between the diabetic and idiopathic VMTS groups were insignificant (P=0.651). This study found significantly higher NLR in patients with diabetic and idiopathic VMTS than the control group. Elevated NLR could therefore be a potential indicator of VMTS, irrespective of the etiology.

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Diabetic Vitreomacular Tractionİdiopathic Vitreomacular TractionNeutrophil to Lymphocyte RatioVitreomacular Traction Syndrome

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