Open AccessRelationship between NeutrophiltoLymphocyte Ratio and Stress in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Author(s) -
Raja Rizwan Hussain,
Meshal Mohammed Alfallaj,
Abdulaziz Nasser Alahmari,
Abdullah Nasser Almazyad,
Talal Khalid Alsaeed,
Abdulmjeed Abdulaziz Abdurrahman,
Ghulam Murtaza,
Shahid Bashir
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24388.9764
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , medicine , inflammation , depression (economics) , gastroenterology , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio , anxiety , lymphocyte , immunology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a disease of autoimmunity and inflammation, is characterized by deterioration of the myelin sheath that protects the nerve fibers. The high levels of neutrophils in serum may be related to the chronic inflammation and caused by other triggers such as infections that have been associated with relapses in MS.