NEONATAL HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SEVERITY DETERMINING METHOD AND PROGNOSIS PREDICTING METHOD

摘要

The objective of the present invention is to develop a method with which it is possible to determine simply and with a high hit ratio the severity of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and a prognosis prediction after therapeutic hypothermia treatment.The severity of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and a prognosis prediction after therapeutic hypothermia treatment can be determined easily in accordance with whether or not the mass per unit volume of soluble LOX-1 protein, or a fragment thereof, contained in blood collected from a subject within 6 hours after birth is equal to or greater than a specific cutoff value.