PMID: 9542221May 16, 1998Paper

The determination in the blood of the enzyme neuron-specific enolase in children with acute encephalopathies: the prognostic value in neurological sequelae

Anales españoles de pediatría
A Verdú PérezJ A Alonso Martín

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate if there is a correlation between blood levels of the enzyme neuron-specific enolase in children with non-traumatic acute encephalopathies with severe alterations in consciousness and the neurological sequellae. Neuron-specific enolase (EC 4.2.1.11) activity in plasma was measured by radioimmunoassay in 9 children aged 7 months to 5 years, who suffered acute encephalopathy and coma of non-traumatic origin. The etiology was acute viral encephalitis (n = 4), near drowning (n = 2), shock (n = 2) and cardiac arrest (n = 1). Blood samples were obtained between 24 and 72 hours after the onset of encephalopathy. The neurological status was evaluated 18 months after the onset of encephalopathy in the 8 surviving patients (1 patient with brain death criteria died in the acute stage). Enzyme activities were significantly higher in the children who showed neurological sequelae (median 68.9 ng/ml, range 35.0-95.6, n = 4) than in those who did not present neurological abnormalities (median 15.8 ng/ml, range 9.7-18.7, n = 5), with p < 0.05. No differences were found between the latter and the control group (median 7.7 ng/ml, range 4.1-12.7, n = 10). It appears that the presence of elevated neuron-s...Continue Reading

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