Towards translating research to clinical practice: Novel Strategies for Discovery and Validation of Biomarkers for Brain Injury

• Main Author: Kevin K. W. Wang (auth)
• Other Authors: Stefania Mondello (auth), Ronald L. Hayes (auth), Andras Buki (auth), Frank C. Tortella (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Traumatic Brain Injury; Brain Injury; discovery; clinical practice; biomarker
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability and one of the greatest unmet needs in medicine and public health. TBI not only has devastating effects on patients and their relatives but results in huge direct and indirect costs to society. Although guidelines for the manageme...