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Volume 6, issue 1

Diagnostyka plynu mózgowo rdzeniowego

Contemporary methods of cytological examination of the cerebrospinal fluid in neoplastic diseases

JÓZEF KAŁUŻA1
1. Zakładu Neuropatologii Instytutu Neurologii CM UJ w Krakowie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1997, 6, 19-22
Keywords: cerebrospinal fluid, diagnostics, cytological examination

Abstract

Characteristic features of neoplastic cells occurring in the cerebrospinal fluid are described. The reasons for a much higher efficacy of the cerebrospinal fluid cytological examination in cases of metastatic tumors than in primary tumors of the CNS are discussed. Principles of neoplastic cells identification by means of monoclonal antibodies are outlined. (ed.)

Address for correspondence:
Dr Józef Kałuża,
Zakład Neuropatologii Instytutu Neurologii CMUJ,
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31-503 Kraków