Zinc concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of normal adults and patients with neurological diseases.
Zinc concentrations in CSF were determined with flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry in patients assumed to have a normal CSF. No sex difference was found. There was a correlation between zinc, protein and albumin concentrations in CSF. In patients with increased protein levels in CSF or subarachnoid haemorrhage increased zinc concentrations were found.
D000328:Adult; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000009:adverse effects; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D015032:Zinc / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000172:deficiency
D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined; D011239:Prednisolone; D015032:Zinc