TY - BOOK AU - Abdulhakim Mohammed Ahmed Saad AU - Mohammad Abdelfattah Abdelmotey , AU - Rasha Abdelraouf Abdelaziz , TI - Correlation of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-lymphocyte ratio with childhood asthma control test in Egyptian asthmatic children / PY - 2018/// CY - Cairo : PB - Abdulhakim Mohammed Ahmed Saad , KW - Asthma KW - NLR KW - PLR N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - This study was conducted in Allergy Clinic of University Children{u2019}s Hospital of Cairo University on 40 asthmatic cases and 40 matched healthy controls. It reached the following: Neutrophil / lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was significantly higher in cases compared to controls.The difference in platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) between cases and controls was not significant.There was a significant direct correlation between NLR and PLR. NLR was not sensitive but was highly specific (a good negative screening test).PLR exhibited weak sensitivity and specificity ER -