RT-PCR detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus RNA in cerebrospinal fluid identified more severe disease and higher ...

CIDP causes muscle weakness and numbness, among other symptoms. Diagnosing CIDP involves peripheral nervous system testing, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and imaging. CIDP is an immune-mediated ...

Immunoglobulin G oligoclonal bands in CSF are highly prevalent in MS and CIS, with positive status associated with a significantly earlier age of disease onset.

CSF-ctDNA was detected in 59% of cases and showed high concordance (84%) with tumor mutations. Lower variant allelic frequency in CSF-ctDNA was associated with significantly worse survival outcomes.

Director, Molecular Microbiology Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology and Immunoserology Laboratories Nationwide Children's Hospital Associate Professor - Clinical, College of Medicine, The Ohio ...

In this study, researchers aimed to determine whether ctDNA is detectable in other bodily fluids besides blood, and to characterize any ctDNA they were able to detect.