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Prehospital Blood Test Can Rapidly Differentiate Stroke Types
FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Prehospital measurement of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) can rapidly differentiate intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) from ischemic stroke (IS) and ...
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In-Ambulance Blood Test May Rapidly Identify Stroke Type
A prehospital blood test may rapidly distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, potentially enabling more timely, ...
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Blood test may detect stroke type before hospital arrival, allowing faster treatment
People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...
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Serum glial fibrillary acidic protein—a diagnostic biomarker for glioblastoma multiforme
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a marker of astrocytic differentiation and is expressed in astroglial tumors. On the basis of the hypothesis that GFAP might be released from these tumors ...
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Good long-term outcome of kidney transplantation for fibrillary glomerulonephritis
Fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN) is rare; as a result, few data are available on the long-term outcomes of this disease after renal transplantation. Czarnecki and colleagues reviewed the ...