Normal laboratory values of CSF during pregnancy.
Cerebrospinal fluid samples from 44 pregnant women undergoing spinal anesthesia for delivery were studied to determine whether an abdomen distended with a full-term fetus could alter the dynamics of lumbar CSF. The mean CSF values for opening pressure, CSF cell count, and protein concentration were all normal.[1]References
- Normal laboratory values of CSF during pregnancy. Davis, L.E. Arch. Neurol. (1979) [Pubmed]
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