Pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts clinical relapse of ulcerative colitis after tacrolimus induction

Yu Nishida; Shuhei Hosomi; Hirokazu Yamagami; Naoko Sugita; Shigehiro Itani; Tomomi Yukawa; Koji Otani; Yasuaki Nagami; Fumio Tanaka; Koichi Taira; Noriko Kamata; Tetsuya Tanigawa; Toshio Watanabe; Yasuhiro Fujiwara

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213505

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Pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts clinical relapse of ulcerative colitis after tacrolimus induction

Yu Nishida,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Shuhei Hosomi ,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: m1265271@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Hirokazu Yamagami,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Naoko Sugita,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Shigehiro Itani,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Tomomi Yukawa,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Koji Otani,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Yasuaki Nagami,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Fumio Tanaka,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Koichi Taira,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Noriko Kamata,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Tetsuya Tanigawa,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Toshio Watanabe,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Yasuhiro Fujiwara

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts clinical relapse of ulcerative colitis after tacrolimus induction

Yu Nishida,
Shuhei Hosomi,
Hirokazu Yamagami,
Naoko Sugita,
Shigehiro Itani,
Tomomi Yukawa,
Koji Otani,
Yasuaki Nagami,
Fumio Tanaka,
Koichi Taira

Published: March 7, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213505

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