Biswadev Mitra, Brendan P Major, Jonathan Reyes, Nanda Surendran, Jesse Bain, Lauren P Giesler, William T O'Brien, Edmond Sorich, Catherine Willmott, Sandy R Shultz, Terence J O'Brien, Jeffrey V Rosenfeld, Stuart J McDonald
The diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and early identification of patients who have persistent symptoms remains challenging. Symptoms are variably reported, and tests for cognitive impairment require specific expertise. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of plasma micro-ribonucleic acid (miRNA) biomarkers to distinguish between patients with mTBI and healthy controls. A secondary aim was to assess whether miRNA biomarker levels on the day of injury could predict persistent symptoms on day 7...
July 20, 2023: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience: Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia