Novel prognostic biomarkers of pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.

<h4>Objectives</h4>Pouchitis is a major complication after restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Although there have been many investigations of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in various diseases, its role...

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Main Authors: Yu Nishida, Shuhei Hosomi, Hirokazu Yamagami, Koji Fujimoto, Rieko Nakata, Shigehiro Itani, Yuji Nadatani, Shusei Fukunaga, Koji Otani, Fumio Tanaka, Yasuaki Nagami, Koichi Taira, Noriko Kamata, Toshio Watanabe, Yasuhito Iseki, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Masatsune Shibutani, Hisashi Nagahara, Satoko Ohfuji, Yasuhiro Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241322