ArticleVeterinary sciences2024
Evaluation of the Blood Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker in Dogs with Portosystemic Shunt.
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- Clinical applications of blood cell ratios in veterinary hematology: From diagnosis to prognosis.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Review
- Evaluation of Hemogram-Derived Inflammatory Markers in Healthy Cats.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Reference Intervals for Hematological Inflammatory Ratios in Healthy Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Blood C Reactive Protein (CRP) and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) Utility in Canine Epilepsy.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Retrospective Evaluation of Hematological Ratios in Dogs With Nonassociative Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia: 206 Cases.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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Abstract
The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) can help in assessing inflammatory diseases, sepsis, and chronic hepatic conditions in humans. Dogs with congenital portosystemic shunts (PSSs) have signs of generalized inflammation, and the clinical signs can overlap with other conditions, including hypoadrenocorticism (HOC). Thus, the potential diagnostic and prognostic value of leukocyte ratios as surrogate markers was assessed in a retrospective case-control study including 106 dogs diagnosed with PSSs. The disease control groups were dogs with parenchymal hepatopathy (PH;
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