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The effect of apolipoprotein E genotype on neuron specific enolase and S-100beta levels after cardiac surgery.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Nov 2004
Kofke W Andrew, Konitzer Patrick, Meng Qing Cheng, Guo Jia, Cheung Albert
Abstract excerpt
We tested the hypothesis that two biochemical markers of brain injury would be increased after cardiac surgery in patients with the apolipoprotein (Apo) epsilon4 allele. Arterial blood samples were drawn before and 8 and 24 h after induction of anesthesia and later assayed for neuron specific enolase (NSE), S-100beta, and apoE genotype. There was a highly significant temporal effect with increases in NSE (2.2 +/-...
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