Calcitonin gene-related peptide and traumatic brain injury

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摘要 Deareditor,Itiswithgreatinterestthatwereadthearticle“Relationshipofcalcitoningene-relatedpeptidewithdiseaseprogressionandprognosisofpatientswithseveretraumaticbraininjury”(Chenetal.,2018).Inthisstudy,theauthorsevaluated121patientswhoweredividedintomild/moderatetraumaticbraininjury(TBI)(n=61),severeTBI(n=35)andcontrol(n=25)groups,andmeasuredserumlevelsofcalcitoningene-relatedpeptide(CGRP)andserumendothelin-1(ET-1).TheyfoundthatlowlevelsofCGRPandhighlevelsofET-1wereassociatedwithhighmortalityat6months.IdentificationofmorphologicalabnormalitiesonCTscansisveryimportantforevaluatingpatientswithTBIbecausedifferentdiagnosesaremadebasedondifferentimagingfindings(Maasetal.,2005).
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出版日期 2019年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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