rss
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2001;84:F90-F91 doi:10.1136/fn.84.2.F90
  • Original article

Brain specific proteins in posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation

  1. A Whitelawa,
  2. L Rosengrenb,
  3. M Blennowc
  1. aDivision of Child Health, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, bDepartment of Neurology, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, cDepartment of Paediatrics, Huddinge Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
  1. Professor Whitelaw, Division of Child Health, University of Bristol Medical School, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK email: andrew.whitelaw{at}bristol.ac.uk
  • Accepted 21 January 2000

Abstract

Median neurofilament and glial fibrillary acidic protein concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of 18 infants with posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation were 20–200 times higher than control values. S-100 protein in cerebrospinal fluid was four times higher than control values. Glial fibrillary acidic protein concentrations correlated with death or disability and with parenchymal lesions but not with shunt dependence.

Footnotes

    This Article

    1. Abstract
    2. Full text
    3. PDF

    Responses

    1. Submit a response
    2. No responses published

    Register for free content

    The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.

    Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.