Acute and chronic traumatic encephalopathies: Pathogenesis and biomarkers

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 192-200

  Dekosky, Steven T ^a   Blennow, Kaj ^b   Ikonomovic, Milos D ^c   Gandy, Sam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN S100B; TAU PROTEIN;

ACUTE TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA PUGILISTICA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TAUOPATHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84877285804     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.36     Document Type: Review

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