CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

HIV in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Central Nervous System.

I i s b e l i e v e d t h a t H I V i n humans originated in Congo basin in 1920 when i t crossed from chimpanzees to humans. In 1981 first few cases of AIDS were reported f rom New York and California with presentation of PCP pneumonia and Kaposi sarcoma. Since then patients presented with all sort of signs and symptoms and amongst them neurological clinical features dominate. I t includes HIV...

Biochemical markers of central nervous system tumors in cerebrospinal fluid.

Central nervous system (CNS) tumor markers that have been m easured in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) include among others, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), glutamic oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), aldolase, phosphohexose isomerase (PHI), lysozyme, creatinine kinase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, adenylate kinase, the polyamines and desmosterol. Such markers have at least five possible functions in the diagn...

Cerebrospinal Fluid Interleukin-6 in Central Nervous System Inflammatory Diseases

BACKGROUND Interleukin (IL)-6 is recognised as an important cytokine involved in inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). OBJECTIVE To perform a large retrospective study designed to test cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) IL-6 levels in the context of neurological diseases, and evaluate its usefulness as a biomarker to help discriminate multiple sclerosis (MS) from other inflammator...

Cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulins in cysticercosis of the central nervous system.

Investigation on the behavior of immunoglobulins IGG, IGA and IGM in the CSF, in cases of cysticercosis of the CNS, based on data pertaining to two different series of cases. The first series comprises 30 samples of CSF, and the second one, 5 samples. It was demonstrated that IGG is the one representing the largest contingent. IGG concentration keeps in proportion with the gamma globulin concen...

Update on central nervous system cytopathology. I. Cerebrospinal fluid.