Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio used as prognostic factor marker for dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood and adolescence

• Main Authors: Fátima Derlene da Rocha Araújo (Author), Rose Mary Ferreira da Lisboa Silva (Author), Camilla Andrade Lima Oliveira (Author), Zilda Maria Alves Meira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio, from the hemograms obtained from children and adolescents with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and to correlate them with the levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and wit...