Serum Neurofilament Light in American Football Athletes over the Course of a Season

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 1784-1789

  Oliver, Jonathan M ^a   Jones, Margaret T ^b   Kirk, K Michele ^a,c   Gable, David A ^a   Repshas, Justin T ^a   Johnson, Torie A ^a   Andréasson, Ulf ^e   Norgren, Niklas ^d   Blennow, Kaj ^e   Zetterberg, Henrik ^e,f  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UmanDiagnostics AB   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adult brain injury; axonal injury; biomarkers; head trauma; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT LIGHT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AXONAL INJURY; COMPETENCE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EFFECT SIZE; FOOTBALL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROFILAMENT LIGHT PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASON; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84990052929     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.4295     Document Type: Article

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