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Table 1 Results of routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination

From: The cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulin transcriptome and proteome in neuromyelitis optica reveals central nervous system-specific B cell populations

 

Normal range

ON10-03

ON09-03

ON10-01

ON07-05

ON08-08

ON11-04

TUM09-527

Cell count (cells/μl)

0 to5

4

9a

16a

19a

5

2

15a

Albumin serum

3,500 to5,200

4,140

4,330

4,300

4,030

4,100

3,530

3,900

(mg/dl)

Albumin CSF

0 to 35

32

23

20

38a

24

8

38a

(mg/dl)

Albumin Quotient

0.0 to 9.0

7.72

5.31

4.65

9.43a

5.85

2.27

9.74a

(x10 3 )

IgG serum

768 to 1,632

462

2,570a

634

1,460

2,060a

1,210

965

(mg/dl)

IgG CSF

0.0 to 6.0

4.1

6.3a

1.7

6.8a

4.9

1.4

4.7

(mg/dl)

IgG Quotient

0.0 to 7.8

8.87a

2.45

2.68

4.65

2.38

1.16

4.87

(x10 3 )

IgG Intrathecal Fraction (%)

NA

34

0

0

0

0

0

0

IgG Index

0.28 to 0.66

1.15a

0.46

0.58

0.49

0.41

0.51

0.51

OCBs

-

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

AQP4 Index

(<1.5)

1.57a

0.56

1.45

2.0a

0

0

0.86

(AQP4-AI)

  1. aIndicates abnormal values; NA, not available.
  2. CSF erythrocytes averaged 2.3 cells/μl (range 0 to 11 cells/μl).