Indicates disorders affecting blood-brain barrier or production of IgG within the CNS
if found in CSF
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Protein
<50 WBCs/uL with increased normal and reactive lymphocytes and plasma cells
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Multiple sclerosis
Lines the brain and the spinal cord
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Meninges
Result of an increased protein or lipid concentration; may also be indicative of
infection, cloudiness caused by presence of WBCs
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Cloudy, turbid, milky CSF
All diluents should be checked ____ for contamination by examining them in a counting
chamber under 400x magnification
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Biweekly
Include cytoplasmic vacuoles, nuclear clefting, prominent nucleoli, indistinct nuclear
and cytoplasmic borders, and cellular clumping that resembles malignancy
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Cellular distortion
Neutrophils may contain ___ following cytocentrifugation
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Cytoplasmic vacuoles
Due to protein (disorders affecting blood-brain barrier), clotting factors introduced
by traumatic tap
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Clotted appearance
A separate carbohydrate-deficient transferrin fraction; seen in CSF but not in serum
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Tau
These must be soaked in a bacterial solution for at least 15 minutes, thoroughly rinsed
with water and cleaned with isopropyl alcohol after every use
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Nondisposable counting chambers
Result of blood that has been present longer than that introduced by the traumatic
tap
if found in CSF
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Protein
<50 WBCs/uL with increased normal and reactive lymphocytes and plasma cells
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Multiple sclerosis
Lines the brain and the spinal cord
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Meninges
Result of an increased protein or lipid concentration; may also be indicative of
infection, cloudiness caused by presence of WBCs
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Cloudy, turbid, milky CSF
All diluents should be checked ____ for contamination by examining them in a counting
chamber under 400x magnification
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Biweekly
Include cytoplasmic vacuoles, nuclear clefting, prominent nucleoli, indistinct nuclear
and cytoplasmic borders, and cellular clumping that resembles malignancy
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Cellular distortion
Neutrophils may contain ___ following cytocentrifugation
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Cytoplasmic vacuoles
Due to protein (disorders affecting blood-brain barrier), clotting factors introduced
by traumatic tap
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Clotted appearance
A separate carbohydrate-deficient transferrin fraction; seen in CSF but not in serum
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Tau
These must be soaked in a bacterial solution for at least 15 minutes, thoroughly rinsed
with water and cleaned with isopropyl alcohol after every use
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Nondisposable counting chambers
Result of blood that has been present longer than that introduced by the traumatic
tap
