CSF erythrocyte volume analysis: a simple method for the diagnosis of traumatic tap in newborn infants.
An objective method to evaluate the erythrocytes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in traumatic tap is described. In newborn infants with intracranial bleeding the CSF mean corpuscular volume (MCV) values are lower than the peripheral blood MCV, but in patients with traumatic tap, the CSF and blood MCV values are similar.
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hacettepe University Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D013129:Spinal Puncture