Inflammatory and autoimmune diseases of the nervous system; possibilities of laboratory diagnostic methods in cerebrospinal fluid.
Contemporary aspects of cerebrospinal fluid analysis are discussed, including the relationship to neuro-infective, autoimmune and other neurological diseases. The actual state of cerebrospinal fluid microbiological and cytological investigation and analysis of cerebrospinal fluid protein fractions are described in detail.
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Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czechia. lodin@volny.cz
D020274:Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans