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SUBMITTER: Allard L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2717829 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Allard Laure L Turck Natacha N Burkhard Pierre R PR Walter Nadia N Rosell Anna A Gex-Fabry Marianne M Hochstrasser Denis F DF Montaner Joan J Sanchez Jean-Charles JC
Biomarker insights 20070419
<h4>Background</h4>Efficacy of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke is strongly related to physician's ability to make an accurate diagnosis and to intervene within 3-6 h after event onset. In this context, the discovery and validation of very early blood markers have recently become an urgent, yet unmet, goal of stroke research. Ubiquitin fusion degradation protein 1 is increased in human postmortem CSF, a model of global brain insult, suggesting that its measurement in blood may prove useful ...[more]