All issues > Volume 5(1); 1962

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1962;5(1):26-28. Published online January 31, 1962.

Studies of Total Cholesterol Level in Cerebrospinal Fluid in the Patients of Jap. B Encephalitis & Tuberculous Meningitis

Yong Tae Chang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam University, Medical School, Kwang ju, Korea

Abstract

The rapid method of Ferro & Ham for the determination of serum cholesterol based on Lieberman Burchard Reaction, has been modified slightly and applied to the determination of C.S.F. cholesterol in the patients of Jap. B Encephalitis and Tuberculous meningitis. a. Cerebrospinal fluid of normal children showed no evidence of cholesterol by this method. b. In tuberculous meningitis, a slightly increased cholesterol level was observed. c. In encephalitis, C.S.F. cholesterol level increased markedly at the acute stage and declined at the recovery stage.

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