PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF SERUM NEURON-SPECIFIC ENOLASE LEVELS AFTER HEAD-INJURY

Authors
ERGUN R BOSTANCI U AKDEMIR G BESKONAKLI E KAPTANOGLU E GURSOY F TASKIN Y
Citation
R. Ergun et al., PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF SERUM NEURON-SPECIFIC ENOLASE LEVELS AFTER HEAD-INJURY, Neurological research, 20(5), 1998, pp. 418-420
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
01616412
Volume
20
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
418 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0161-6412(1998)20:5<418:PVOSNE>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a dimeric cytoplasmic enzyme detected in high levels in neurons and acts in the glycolytic pathway it is kn own that there is a quantitative relationship between the concentratio n of serum NSE and the degree of cell damage in the central nervous sy stem. We examined serum levels of NSE by enzyme immunoassay in 89 pati ents with head injury and aimed to evaluate its relationship with neur ological status and prognosis of the patients.