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Protein, Total, CSF
Test CodeCSFTP
Preferred Specimen
Body fluid
Instructions
STATE SOURCE. Deliver to Lab immediately.
Transport Container
Sterile Tube
Transport Temperature
Unspun - stable for 2 hours. Spun specimen stable for 6 hours at room temp., and 4 days refrigerated
Reference Range
See report for normal ranges
Clinical Significance
Examination of CSF Total Protein is used chiefly to detect increased permeability of the blood/brain barrier to plasma proteins or to detect increased intrathecal secretion of immunoglobulins. The permeability of the blood/brain barrier to plasma proteins is increased in high intracranial pressure due to brain tumor or intracerebral hemorrhage, or by inflammation, especially bacterial meningitis