CEREBRO SPINAL FLUID TEST
Reference values vary based on several factors, including the specific laboratory that supplies them. A patient’s CEREBRO SPINAL FLUID (CSF) test values should be interpreted based on the reference value of the laboratory in which the test was done; the laboratory typically provides these values with the test result. Some of these values are listed in alphabetical order in the following table.
Test |
Conventional Units |
SI Units |
| Cell count | 0–5 lymphocytes/mcL | 0–5 x 106 lymphocytes/L |
| Glucose | 40–80 mg/dL (< 40% of simultaneously measured plasma level if that plasma level is abnormal) | 2.2–4.4 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 |
