Original Articles · pages 257–260
Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio in Schizophrenia
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Love Surati, Aakanksha Arya, Bhushan Chaudhari, Suprakash Chaudhury, Daniel Saldanha. Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio in Schizophrenia. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2022;35(4):257–260.
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Background: Immunity and Inflammation have significant role in the pathophysiology of Schizophrenia and Affective illness. NLR and PLR, are applied inflammatory indicators that foretell inflammatory conditions. Aim: To investigate NLR and PLR in Schizophrenia. Methodology: 57 healthy controls and 47 patients with Schizophrenia diagnosed as per ICD-11 criteria participated in this study. All individuals had their neutrophil, lymphocyte, and platelet counts tested, and both groups’ NLR and PLR values were computed and compared. Results: Cases and the healthy controls did not differ significantly.
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Schizophrenia, Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio J1Junior Resident, 2Professor, 3Professor & HOD, 4Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y . Patil Medical College
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