The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
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J Head Trauma Rehabil · Mar 2012
Clinical utility of the protein S100B to evaluate traumatic brain injury in the presence of acute alcohol intoxication.
To examine the role of the protein S100B as a biomarker for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the presence of acute alcohol intoxication. ⋯ Patients with uncomplicated MTBIs and DTBIs had much higher levels of S100B than MC and TC participants. This biomarker had medium diagnostic accuracy for detecting DTBI in the presence of alcohol intoxication and very high accuracy in sober patients.