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Normal Laboratory Values: CSF
|
Test |
Conventional Units |
SI Units |
|
Cell count |
0–5 cells/μL |
0–0.5 x 106 cells/L |
|
Differential (see Table: Cerebrospinal Fluid Abnormalities in Various Disorders [168–1]) |
— |
— |
|
Glucose |
40–80 mg/dL (< 40% of simultaneously measured plasma level if that plasma level is abnormal) |
2.5–4.4 mmol/L (< 40% of simultaneously measured plasma level is abnormal) |
|
Myelin basic protein |
< 1.5 ng/mL |
— |
|
Protein, total |
15–60 mg/dL |
150–600 mg/L |
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