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J. Richard Baringer, MD

Arch Neurol. 1970;22(4):305-308.

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EXAMINATION of the cells in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) often provides important evidence of the nature and course of disease of the nervous system. Yet, the methods most frequently used for microscopic examination are generally unsatisfactory. The morphologic features of cells are inadequately shown in a counting chamber. Stained smears of the centrifuged CSF sediment, while affording better cytologic definition, may result in severe distortion of cells. In addition, some of the cells may be lost. In an attempt to overcome these difficulties, a variety of other procedures for collection of CSF have been devised. Sedimentation of CSF specimens using a variety of chambers^1,2 provides superior preservation of cytologic detail, but is time consuming, fails to afford a complete collection of cells, and requires special equipment not readily available.

The use of porous, cellulose, plastic filters (Millipore) to collect cells for examination³ has become a standard technique in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Boston

From the departments of neurology and neuropathology, Harvard Medical School, and Charles S. Kubik Laboratory for Neuropathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct 13, 1969; accepted Nov 3.

Reprint requests to Veterans Hospital, 42nd and Clement, San Francisco 94121 (Dr. Baringer).

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