title: Cerebrospinal fluid markers in neurological disorders.
abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) markers are a useful tool for determining disease progression or activity in some neurological disorders which need parameters both for evaluating treatments and investigating pathobiological evolution in research-oriented follow-up. A number of CSF proteins are reviewed with data on biological properties, analytical methods, clinical usefulness of: myelin basic protein, S-100 protein, glial fibrillary acidic protein, neural-cell adhesion molecule, neuron-specific enolase and others.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Neurologia, Università del Sacro Cuore, Roma.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Massaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scivoletto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tonali
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D006801:Humans; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase