Serum neurofilament light chain: a biomarker of neuronal injury in vasculitic neuropathy

Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jul;77(7):1093-1094. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212045. Epub 2017 Jul 25.
No abstract available

Keywords: autoimmune diseases; disease activity; granulomatosis with polyangiitis; sjoegren’s syndrome; systemic vasculitis.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurofilament Proteins / blood*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / blood*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Vasculitis / blood*
  • Vasculitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Vasculitis / pathology*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Neurofilament Proteins
  • neurofilament protein L