Medical Field: Neurology
Award: Winner
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2019
Research Work: SOMAscan-based proteomic measurements of plasma brain natriuretic peptide are decreased in mild cognitive impairment and in Alzheimer’s dementia patients
Published in: PLoS One

Edin Begić, MD, MA, from the Dr Abdulah Nakaš General Hospital Sarajevo, together with his colleagues established that a marker of heart failure, B-type natriuretic peptide, can also be a marker of cognitive disorders in Alzheimer’s dementia.

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