Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in ocular diseases: a systematic review
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Bengi Ece Kurtul. Department of Ophthalmology, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Tayfur Ata S?kmen Faculty of Medicine, Hatay 31040, Turkey. becekurtul@yahoo.com

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    AIM: To summarize the results of studies investigating neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and to identify the role of NLR in ocular diseases. METHODS: With the aim of identifying the studies related to NLR, a search was conducted on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed by utilizing the key words “neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, ocular diseases, and eye diseases” up to February 2018. All of the original articles were assessed according to date of publications, countries, clinics and topics. Studies about ocular inflammatory diseases were evaluated according to their qualifications, review methods and results. RESULTS: A total of 4473 publications, including original research articles and reviews were screened. The number of publications was shown a regular logarithmic increase over the years. The majority of studies were performed by clinics in Turkey and many of these publications were performed by oncology and cardiology clinics. A total of 75 publications were identified to be about ocular diseases. CONCLUSION: Elevated NLR as a cheap, reproducible, and readily available marker could be used as a diagnostic and/or prognostic marker in ocular diseases.

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Kurtul BE, Ozer PA. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in ocular diseases: a systematic review. Int J Ophthalmol 2019; 12(12):1951-1958

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  • Received:May 24,2018
  • Revised:May 18,2019
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  • Online: November 06,2019
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