Role of Nerve Growth Factor in Assessing the Severity of Clinical Manifestations and Outcomes of Perinatal CNS Lesions in Infants

Abstract

The purpose of our research was to analyze the association between the serum beta-NGF level and the severity of neurological deficit (ND) in children in the first year of life. Our results suggest a possible functional link between the low level of NGF and the development of severe ND. The obtained results allow us to consider the serum beta-NGF level as a useful marker of the ND severity in young children.

Keywords

• nerve growth factor
• neurological deficit
• central nervous system
• perinatal lesions