Spinal fluid cells and protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
F. H. Norris, W. Burns, K. S. U, E. Mukai and H. Norris
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Foundation, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco.
The cerebrospinal fluid total protein in 385 cases of sporadic amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis showed no relationship to survival, but it was related to
survival time in 34 cases of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Infrequent and mild pleocytosis, and oligoclonal bands seemed to have no
clinical significance in well established cases of amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis.