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Inflammatory and autoimmune diseases of the nervous system; possibilities of laboratory diagnostic methods in cerebrospinal fluid

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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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    Lodin, Z. Inflammatory and autoimmune diseases of the nervous system; possibilities of laboratory diagnostic methods in cerebrospinal fluid. Folia Microbiol 48, 839–847 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931522

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