Results 31 to 40 of about 333,044 (303)

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Polyclonal and monoclonal B lymphocytes response in HCV-infected patients treated with direct-acting antiviral agents [PDF]

, 2017
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection can be associated with extrahepatic manifestations such as mixed cryoglobulinaemia and lymphoproliferative disorders that are endowed with increased rates of morbidity and all-cause mortality.
Burra, Patrizia, Farinati, Fabio, Floreani, Annarosa, Fogar, Paola, Franceschet, Enrica, Gambato, Martina, Nabergoj, Mitja, Pantano, G, Piva, Elisa, Plebani, Mario, Russo, FRANCESCO PAOLO, Schiavinato, Alvise, Tosato, Francesca, Zanetto, Alberto   +13 more
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Daily Preventive Zinc Supplementation Decreases Lymphocyte and Eosinophil Concentrations in Rural Laotian Children from Communities with a High Prevalence of Zinc Deficiency: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND:Zinc deficiency impairs immune function and is common among children in South-East Asia. OBJECTIVES:The effect of zinc supplementation on immune function in young Laotian children was investigated.
Andreini, Anzilotti, Barffour, Beck, Black, Boulay, Brown, Butt, Castillo-Duran, Charles B Stephensen, Chidchamai Kewcharoenwong, Gammoh, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Gertrud U Schuster, Gibson, Guy-Marino Hinnouho, Haase, Hojyo, Honscheid, International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group, International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group, Inthira Tussakhon, Janet M Peerson, Jia, K Ryan Wessells, Kenneth H Brown, King, Lu, Maizels, Maxwell A Barffour, Mayo-Wilson, Maywald, Mehta, Prasad, Rajamanickam, Raqib, Ravin, Richter, Rosenkranz, Rosenkranz, Sandstead, Sazawal, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Sheikh, Shi, Sonja Y Hess, Tahan, Tepaamorndech, Walker, Wan, Waraporn Samer, Wessells, Wessells, WHO, Wu   +54 more
core   +2 more sources

Low lymphocyte count in underweight Japanese women [PDF]

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2008
Young women being underweight is a public health problem in Japan. The aim of this study was to investigate this problem by measuring lymphocyte count as an indicator of nutritional status.The subjects were 114 women aged 20-39 who participated in an annual health checkup for residents in a city in Aichi, Japan.
Tomoko, Nishida, Hisataka, Sakakibara
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Hematologic, hepatic, and renal function changes in hospitalized patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus [PDF]

, 2017
Background There are no longitudinal data on the changes in hematologic, hepatic, and renal function findings in patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS‐CoV) infection. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study of 16 MERS‐
Abbasi, S., Al-Tawfiq, J. A., Babiker, M., Eltigani, M., Hinedi, K., Sunji, A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Stem Cell Transplantation As A Dynamical System: Are Clinical Outcomes Deterministic? [PDF]

, 2014
Outcomes in stem cell transplantation (SCT) are modeled using probability theory. However the clinical course following SCT appears to demonstrate many characteristics of dynamical systems, especially when outcomes are considered in the context of immune
Buck, Gregory A, Chung, Harold, Clark, William, Jameson-Lee, Max, Kobulnicky, Jared D, Koparde, Vishal, Manjili, Masoud H, McCarty, John, Meier, Jeremy, Neale, Michael C, Roberts, Catherine H, Sabo, Roy T, Salman, Salman, Scalora, Allison, Serrano, Myrna, Sheth, Nihar, Toor, Amir A   +16 more
core   +3 more sources