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Rapid Blood Test Can Improve Stroke Treatment
A rapid blood test could speed treatment for people who’ve suffered a stroke related to brain bleeding, a new study sa ...
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Prehospital Blood Test Can Rapidly Differentiate Stroke Types
Prehospital measurement of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) can rapidly differentiate intracerebral hemorrhage ( ...
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Blood test may detect stroke type before hospital arrival, allowing faster treatment
A blood test that detects the GFAP brain protein may help doctors determine the stroke type faster and allow them to start safe treatment for people before they get to the hospital. This could ...
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Blood test may detect stroke type before hospital arrival, allowing faster treatment
People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...