Olympic boxing is associated with elevated levels of the neuronal protein tau in plasma

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-433

  Neselius, Sanna ^a,b   Zetterberg, Henrik ^a,c   Blennow, Kaj ^a,c   Randall, Jeffrey ^d   Wilson, David ^d   Marcusson, Jan ^e,f   Brisby, Helena ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d QUANTERIX CORPORATION   (United States)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffuse axonal injury; Head injury; Mild brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S100B; TAU PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOXING; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84875749263     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.750752     Document Type: Article

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