Ido Ben Zvi, Oren Shaia Harel, Amos Douvdevani, Penina Weiss, Chen Cohen, Eynat Ben Ari, Gal Gross, Yehonatan Menndel, David Felzensztein, Noa Schwartz, Shani Berkowitz, Michael Drescher, Sagi Harnof
OBJECTIVE: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a major cause of emergency room (ER) admission. Thirty percent of mTBI patients have postconcussion syndrome (PCS), and 15% have symptoms for over a year. This population is underdiagnosed and does not receive appropriate care. The authors proposed a fast and inexpensive fluorometric measurement of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) as a biomarker for PCS. cfDNA is a proven, useful marker of a variety of acute pathological conditions such as trauma and acute illness...
June 1, 2022: Journal of Neurosurgery