Phosphorylated neurofilament subunit NF-H as a biomarker for evaluating the severity of spinal cord injury patients, a pilot study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 493-496

  Hayakawa, K ^a,b   Okazaki, R ^a,b   Ishii, K ^c   Ueno, T ^a,b   Izawa, N ^c   Tanaka, Y ^c   Toyooka, S ^c   Matsuoka, N ^c   Morioka, K ^c   Ohori, Y ^a   Nakamura, K ^b   Akai, M ^a   Tobimatsu, Y ^a   Hamabe, Y ^c   Ogata, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

biomarkers; clinical trial; ELISA; neurofilament; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NEUROFILAMENT H PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84863725503     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.184     Document Type: Article

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