Biomarkers in spinal cord compression

Autor: A. St. Iencean, A. Tascu, St. M. Iencean
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Romanian Neurosurgery, Vol 30, Iss 3 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1220-8841
2344-4959
Popis: The phosphorylated form of the high-molecular-weight neurofilament subunit NF-H (pNF-H) in serum or in cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) is a specific lesional biomarker for spinal cord injury. The lesional biomarkers and the reaction biomarkers are both presented after several hours post-injury. The specific predictive patterns of lesional biomarkers could be used to aid clinicians with making a diagnosis and establishing a prognosis, and evaluating therapeutic interventions. Diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment guidance based on biomarker used as a predictive indicator can determine ethical difficulties by differentiated therapies in patients with spinal cord compression. At this point based on studies until today we cannot take a decision based on biomarker limiting the treatment of neurological recovery in patients with complete spinal cord injury because we do not know the complexity of the biological response to spinal cord compression.
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