Analysis of routine blood parameters in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and evaluation of a possible correlation with disease progression—a multicenter study

• Published in: Frontiers in neurology Vol. 13; p. 940375
• Main Authors: Hertel, Nora, Kuzma-Kozakiewicz, Magdalena, Gromicho, Marta, Grosskreutz, Julian, de Carvalho, Mamede, Uysal, Hilmi, Dengler, Reinhard, Petri, Susanne, Körner, Sonja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 27.07.2022
• Subjects: albumin; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; creatine kinase; creatinine; disease progression; lipids; Neurology

Objective Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathogenesis is still unclear, its course is considerably variable, and prognosis is hard to determine. Despite much research, there is still a lack of easily accessible markers predicting prognosis. We investigated routine blood parameters in ALS patien...