Guidelines on routine cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Report from an EFNS task force.
Guidelines on routine cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Report from an EFNS task force.
18 June 2009
European Federation of Neurological Societies
Summary,
European Federation of Neurological Societies
Summary,
Source: National Guidelines Clearinghouse
DISEASE/CONDITION(S)
- Neurological diseases requiring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis
- Diagnosis
- Internal Medicine
- Neurology
- Pathology
- Psychiatry
- Clinical Laboratory Personnel
- Physicians
- To produce recommendations on how to use a set of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) parameters including protein, albumin, immunoglobulin, glucose, lactate and cellular changes, as well as specific antigen and antibody testing for infectious agents in different clinical settings and to show how different constellations of these variables correlate with diseases of the nervous system
