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Relation of serum TNF-α and TNF-α genotype with delayed cerebral ischemia and outcome in subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Neurocritical care - 1 Dec 2011
Beeftink Martine M A, Ruigrok Ynte M, Rinkel Gabriel J E, van den Bergh Walter M
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INTRODUCTION: The pathogenesis of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remains obscure. The authors assessed the relationship of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and TNF-α gene polymorphisms with occurrence of DCI and poor outcome at 3 months. METHODS: Serum levels of TNF-α were measured every other day until discharge in 67 patients and the mean serum levels per patient during...
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