title: Correlations between the cerebrospinal fluid surface tension value and 1. Concentration of total proteins 2. Number of cell elements.
abstract: The contribution gives a survey about the problematics of surface tension in biomedical sciences. The paper presents results of a study devoted to the cerebrospinal fluid. The distribution of the surface tension values of this liquid in healthy individuals is presented (n = 33), and further, statistically significant correlations between the cerebrospinal fluid surface tension value and 1. concentration of total proteins expressed by Spearman's coefficient p(s) = (-0.995) and 2. number of cell elements expressed through Spearman's coefficient p(s) = (-0.965) in cerebrospinal fluid are described.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Occupational Diseases, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. ant.kratochvil@centrum.cz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kratochvíl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hrncír
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D002452:Cell Count; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology*; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013500:Surface Tension
chemical_list: D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; D005947:Glucose