Cerebrospinal fluid glucose and lactate: age-specific reference values and implications for clinical practice.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is an important tool in the diagnostic work-up of many neurological disorders, but reference ranges for CSF glucose, CSF/plasma glucose ratio and CSF lactate based on studies with large numbers of CSF samples are not available. Our aim was to define age-specific re...

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Main Authors: Wilhelmina G Leen, Michèl A Willemsen, Ron A Wevers, Marcel M Verbeek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22880096/pdf/?tool=EBI