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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1962;5(2):129-132. Published online April 30, 1962.

Some Observations on the Normal Levels of Chloride, Protein and Sugar in the Cerebrospinal Fluid

Yung Tae Chang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea

Abstract

The contents of chloride, protein and sugar in the cerebrospinal fluid of 74 normal Korean children rang- ing in age from one month to fifteen years have been examined, and some observations were made on the changes in their contents as related to age, and also on the relation between chloride and protein contents in the cerebrospinal fluid of the same individual. The mean levels of each component were : chloride, 713.0 土 37.02mg%, protein, 47.0 土 18.41mg%, and sugar, 52.8土 12.88mg%, respectively. The chloride levels were found to show a tendency to increase as ages progress although the increases were not so highly significant statistically. In contrast, the levels of both protein and sugar showed the highly significant decreases as ages increase. The disputed reciprocal relationships between chloride and protein contents in the cerebrospinal fluid were not proved.

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