Cerebrospinal fluid is the liquid around your brain and spinal cord. If a doctor thinks you have an illness that affects your nervous system, they might take a sample for testing. The fluid is ...

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ALZPath, developed a blood test for one of the key markers of early Alzheimer’s—ptau217, which is a form of the ...

In 10 male patients, forty-four to seventy-eight years of age, with varying degrees of respiratory insufficiency, blood and cerebrospinal fluid were drawn simultaneously from the brachial artery ...

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To understand the nature of the respiratory drive in these patients it is important to establish the extent to which cerebrospinal-fluid bicarbonate, and therefore cerebrospinal-fluid pH ...

The purpose of this test is to determine whether or not there are immunoglobulin proteins called oligoclonal bands dwelling in your cerebrospinal fluid. This helps your physician identify the ...

Daven noted that the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease — the most common cause of dementia — is confirmation of amyloid ...

Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be a valuable diagnostic tool. This column describes cerebellomedullary CSF collection in the dog. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is present throughout the ...