Citation

Bellander B, Olafsson IH, Ghatan PH, Bro Skejo HP, Hansson LO, Wanecek M, Svensson MA. Acta Neurochir. (Wien) 2011; 153(1): 90-100.

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section for Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden, bo-michael.bellander@karolinska.se.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00701-010-0737-z

PMID

20686797

PMCID

PMC3015189

Abstract

OBJECT: Complement activation has been suggested to play a role in the development of secondary injuries following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The present study was initiated in order to analyze complement activation in relation to the primary brain injury and to secondary insults, frequently occurring following TBI. METHODS: Twenty patients suffering from severe TBI (Glasgow coma score

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