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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2022

Serum Neurofilament Light Chain Levels May Be a Marker of Lower Motor Neuron Damage in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Linjing Zhang, Tuo Ji, Chujun Wu, Shuo Zhang, Lu Tang, Nan Zhang, Xiangyi Liu, Dongsheng Fan

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Linjing ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tuo JiDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Chujun WuDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Shuo ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Lu TangDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Nan ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiangyi LiuDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Dongsheng FanDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Peking University · CNPeking University Third Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives The aims of this study were to investigate whether serum neurofilament light chain (NfL) levels were correlated with the severity of the axonal degeneration of lower motor neurons (LMNs) in the early symptomatic phase of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods In this prospective study, the serum samples used for NfL measurement were obtained from 103 sporadic ALS outpatients within 2 years of disease duration. The severity of axonal degeneration was assessed by assessing the decrease in the compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) within a 1-month interval from serum sampling. Results The NfL levels showed a significant positive correlation with the relative score as a proxy for the axonal damage of LMNs in patients with ALS (coefficient: 0.264,

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosisaxonal degenerationCMAPsEMG - electromyogramNfL

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