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Variation in the BDNF gene interacts with age to predict mortality in a prospective, longitudinal cohort with severe TBI.
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair - 1 Jan 2000
Failla Michelle D, Kumar Raj G, Peitzman Andrew B, Conley Yvette P, Ferrell Robert E, Wagner Amy K
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BACKGROUND: Mortality predictions following traumatic brain injury (TBI), and our understanding of TBI pathology, may be improved by including genetic risk in addition to traditional prognostic variables. One promising target is the gene coding for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a ubiquitous neurotrophin important for neuronal survival and neurogenesis. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized the addition of BDNF...
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