Detectable levels of cytochrome c and activated caspase-9 in cerebrospinal fluid after human traumatic brain injury

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Darwish, Ribal S ^a   Amiridze, Nana S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated caspase 9; Cytochrome c; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CASPASE 9; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROMES C; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955097203     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9328-3     Document Type: Article

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