CHAPTER4 Routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis

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Huge: ch04 2006/6/29 14:54 page 14 #1CHAPTER 4Routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysisF. Deisenhammer,aA. Bartos,bR. Egg,aN. E. Gilhus,cG. Giovannoni,dS. Rauer,eF. SellebjergfBackgroundA great variety of neurological diseasesrequire investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) to prove the diagnosis or to rule out relevantdifferential evaluate the theoretical backgroundand provide guidelines for clinical use in rou-tine CSF analysis including total protein, albumin,immunoglobulins, glucose, lactate, cell count,cytological staining, and investigation of infec-tious Medline search for the abovementioned variables. Review of appropriate publi-cations by one or more of the task force of evidence and recommendations wasbased on consensus by all task force should be analysed immediately after collec-tion.

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