Citation

Tisdall M, Petzold A. Sci. Transl. Med. 2012; 4(157): 157le8.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association for the Advancement of Science)

DOI

10.1126/scitranslmed.3004403

PMID

23100625

Abstract

In a case study, the authors report an increase in phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain, a marker of neuroaxonal damage, in the plasma of a blast-exposed patient immediately after injury. They suggest that this phosphoprotein may be a useful body fluid indicator of acute blast traumatic brain injury.

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