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Effect of dimethyl fumarate on lymphocyte subsets in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical, 2020
Background In patients treated with dimethyl fumarate, absolute lymphocyte count decline typically occurs during the first year and then plateaus; early drops have been associated with the development of severe prolonged lymphopenia.
Guy Buckle, Daniel Bandari, Jeffrey Greenstein, Mark Gudesblatt, Bhupendra Khatri, Mariko Kita, Pavle Repovic, Emily Riser, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Ben Thrower, Sherrill Loring, Katherine Riester, Nick Everage, Claudia Prada, Irene Koulinska, Monica Mann   +15 more
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Absolute Lymphocyte Count Is Not a Suitable Alternative to CD4 Count for Determining Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Fiji

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2014
Introduction. An absolute lymphocyte count is commonly used as an alternative to a CD4 count to determine initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected individuals in Fiji when a CD4 count is unavailable. Methods.
Dashika A. Balak, Karen Bissell, Christine Roseveare, Sharan Ram, Rachel R. Devi, Stephen M. Graham   +5 more
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Peripheral blood lymphocyte/monocyte ratio at diagnosis and survival in classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Haematologica, 2012
Background Lymphopenia and tumor-associated macrophages are negative prognostic factors for survival in classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma. We, therefore, studied whether the peripheral blood absolute lymphocyte count/absolute monocyte count ratio at diagnosis
Luis F. Porrata, Kay Ristow, Joseph P. Colgan, Thomas M. Habermann, Thomas E. Witzig, David J. Inwards, Stephen M. Ansell, Ivana N. Micallef, Patrick B. Johnston, Grzegorz S. Nowakowski, Carrie Thompson, Svetomir N. Markovic   +11 more
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The lymphocyte levels of Hashimoto thyroiditis patients were significantly lower than that of healthy population

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Background and purposeHashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disease without infectivity. We compared the differences of blood lymphocytes levels between HT patients and healthy people.Patients and methodsThis study included a total of 84 HT ...
Hui Xue, Ruyi Xu
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Is total lymphocyte count related to nutritional markers in hospitalized older adults?

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
BACKGROUND Older patients are commonly malnourished during hospital stay, and a high prevalence of malnutrition is found in hospitalized patients aged more than 65 years.
Vânia Aparecida LEANDRO-MERHI, Vitória Negri BRÁZ, José Luis Braga de AQUINO   +2 more
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Immunological profile in persons under antiretroviral therapy in a rural Nigerian hospital

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2010
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, with Nigeria having the third highest burden of HIV infection globally; efforts are made to increases access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment ...
Baba M. Musa, Usman Gebi, Mary-Ann Etiebet, Helen Omuh, Patrick Ekedegwa, Patrick Dakum, William Blattner   +6 more
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Peripheral lymphocyte fluctuation as an indicator of severe immune‐related adverse events in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Aim Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have proven to be effective treatments for various cancers, but can also elicit immune‐related adverse events (irAEs).
Masafumi Haraguchi, Yasuhiko Nakao, Syouhei Narita, Kousuke Matsumoto, Masanori Fukushima, Ryu Sasaki, Takuya Honda, Satoshi Miuma, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Kazuhiko Nakao   +9 more
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Lymphocyte as a predictor of prognosis of COVID-19 patients: A hospital-based study

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Introduction: Lymphocytopenia has emerged as a simply obtained laboratory value that may correlate with prognosis. In this study we aim to study absolute Lymphocyte count after clinical recovery.
C. Biakhlupuii, Johan Vanlalpeka, Benjamin Lalrinpuia, Laltlanzovi, Ksh G. Devi, Lalrinawmi Hrahsel   +5 more
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Predictors of change in CD4 lymphocyte count and weight among HIV infected patients on anti-retroviral treatment in Ethiopia: a retrospective longitudinal study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has been introduced in Ethiopia a decade ago and continues to be scaled up. However, there is dearth of literature on the impact of ART on changes in CD4 lymphocyte count and weight among patients on treatment.To determine ...
Ayalu A Reda, Sibhatu Biadgilign, Amare Deribew, Betemariam Gebre, Kebede Deribe   +4 more
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Average Values of Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio among a Representative Sample of Adult Population in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Several studies have been conducted over the years for a simple, reliable, cost effective investigation to know the intensity of systemic inflammation in patients suffering from shock, major surgery, sepsis, cancers, thromboembolic ...
Ranjeeta Sadashiv Banakar, Rashmi Verma
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