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ArticleThe Journal of infection2021

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on admission is an independent risk factor for the severity and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019.

Shijie Wang, Lingli Fu, Kejie Huang, Jianglong Han, Rui Zhang, Zhenming Fu

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Article in The Journal of infection, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shijie WangCancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Lingli FuCancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Kejie HuangCancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Jianglong HanCancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Rui ZhangCancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Zhenming FuCancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China. Electronic address: davidfuzming@whu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19HumansLymphocytesNeutrophilsRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19MortalityNeutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratioNLR, Severity

Identifiers

PMID32979408
PMCPMC7513911

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