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APOE ε4 positive patients suffering severe traumatic head injury are more prone to undergo decompressive hemicraniectomy.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Aug 2017
Olivecrona Zandra, Koskinen Lars-Owe D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECT: In this paper we tested the hypothesis if patients with severe traumatic brain injury and presence of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele are more prone to undergo the surgical procedure decompressive hemicraniectomy (DC) in order to bring the intracranial pressure (ICP) under control. METHODS: In this prospective consecutive study patients with sTBI were enrolled (n=48). Inclusion criteria were arrival...
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