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Proteins of the cerebrospinal fluid : analysis and interpretation in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, E. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Cerebrospinal fluid proteins > Analysis.
Nervous system > Diseases > Diagnosis.
Cerebrospinal fluid proteins > Diagnostic use.
Cerebrospinal Fluid > cytology.
Cerebrospinal Fluid > physiology.
Nervous System Diseases > diagnosis.
Table of Contents:
  • Brief historical review of CSF proteins
  • Functional glossary
  • The roster of CSF proteins
  • Differences between proteins in CSF and serum
  • Different blood-CSF barriers
  • Qualitative versus quantitative analysis
  • Methodologies and their limitations
  • Fitting the data to curves
  • Normal blood-CSF barrier values
  • CNS immunoglobulin synthesis
  • Non-immunoglobulin proteins
  • Monitoring therapy
  • Prognostic protein levels
  • Future growth areas
  • Appendices of methods
  • Cross-index of references