Towards blood biomarkers for stroke patients

Stroke outcome considerably varies between stroke patients and often cannot be predicted. Now, Gendrun and colleagues investigated the suitability of blood neurofilament light chain proteins (NFL) as a biomarker of neuronal damage. High NFL levels correlated with brain injury, functional outcome and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rust, Ruslan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33563080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0271678X21992664
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Sumario:Stroke outcome considerably varies between stroke patients and often cannot be predicted. Now, Gendrun and colleagues investigated the suitability of blood neurofilament light chain proteins (NFL) as a biomarker of neuronal damage. High NFL levels correlated with brain injury, functional outcome and mortality following all major types of stroke. These data raise hope to revolutionize future prognosis and management of stroke patients.

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