Serum SNTF Increases in Concussed Professional Ice Hockey Players and Relates to the Severity of Postconcussion Symptoms

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1294-1300

  Siman, Robert ^a   Shahim, Pashtun ^b   Tegner, Yelverton ^c   Blennow, Kaj ^b   Zetterberg, Henrik ^b,d   Smith, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calpain; diffuse axonal injury; mild traumatic brain injury; sports concussion; tau

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 SPECTRIN N TERMINAL FRAGMENT; CALPAIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY SEVERITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HOCKEY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECTRIN;

EID: 84937986270     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3698     Document Type: Article

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