Elevated Lactate and Total Protein Levels in Stereotactic Brain Biopsy Specimen; Potential Biomarkers of Malignancy and Poor Prognosis.

CONCLUSION: Higher total protein and lactate concentrations in the stereotactic biopsy specimens are alarming signs of poor outcome and higher grades in astrocytomas. PMID: 31029068 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31029068?dopt=Abstract

Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine - February 28, 2019 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Nikoobakht M, Shamshiripour P, Azimi Nekoo Z, Fallah Haghmohammadi S Tags: Arch Iran Med Source Type: research