Detection of neurofilament-H in serum as a diagnostic tool to predict injury severity in patients who have suffered mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1232-1238

  Gatson, Joshua W ^a   Barillas, Jennifer ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^b   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon ^c   Wolf, Steven E ^a   Minei, Joseph P ^a  

^a UT Southwestern   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Mild traumatic brain injury; Neurofilament H; Serum

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGED; BLOOD; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84919461752     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.7.JNS132474     Document Type: Article

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