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Six-month recovery from mild to moderate Traumatic Brain Injury: the role of APOE-epsilon4 allele.
Brain 2004 December
The possession of at least one APOE-epsilon4 allele may be linked to poor outcome in patients with predominantly severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). In mild TBI, which accounts for approximately 85% of all cases, the role of the APOE-epsilon4 allele is less clear. Studies completed to date have relied on brief cognitive assessments or coarse measures of global functioning, thereby limiting their conclusions. Our study investigated the influence of the APOE-epsilon4 allele in a prospective sample of 90 adults with mild to moderate TBI in whom neuropsychiatric outcome 6 months after injury was assessed as follows: (i) a detailed neuropsychological battery; (ii) an index of emotional distress (General Health Questionnaire); (iii) a diagnosis of major depression (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV); (iv) a measure of global functioning (Glasgow Outcome Scale); (v) an index of psychosocial outcome (Rivermead Head Injury Follow-up Questionnaire); and (vi) symptoms of persistent post-concussion disorder (Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire). No association was found between the presence of the APOE-epsilon4 allele and poor outcome across all measures. Given the homogeneous nature of our sample (mild to moderate injury severity), the uniform follow-up period (6 months) and the comprehensive markers of recovery used, our data suggest that the APOE-epsilon4 allele does not adversely impact outcome in this group of TBI patients.
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