Combining biochemical and imaging markers to improve diagnosis and characterization of mild traumatic brain injury in the acute setting: Results from a pilot study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Kou, Zhifeng ^a,b   Gattu, Ramtilak ^b   Kobeissy, Firas ^c   Welch, Robert D ^b   O'Neil, Brian J ^b   Woodard, John L ^b   Ayaz, Syed Imran ^b   Kulek, Andrew ^b   Kas Shamoun, Robert ^b   Mika, Valerie ^b   Zuk, Conor ^b   Tomasello, Francesco ^d   Mondello, Stefania ^d  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PILOT PROJECTS; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894207789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080296     Document Type: Article

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