Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20471/dec.2021.57.02.15

Cytological Analysis of CSF in Patients with Acute Schizophrenia

Sandra Moslavac ; Special hospital Agram, Zagreb, Croatia
Mislav Škrobo
Elvira Lazić Mosler
Dalibor Karlović orcid.org/0000-0001-6538-7240

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is one of the most important tests in the diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Although CSF analysis is most commonly used in neurological pathological conditions, it also has its place in psychiatry. Studies to date have described several valuable specific cytomorphological phenomena in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with acute schizophrenia, which indicate inflammatory or immune-mediated etiopathogenesis of the disease. Additional and long-term research is needed to confirm and standardize the importance of cytological analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis and etiopathogenesis of acute schizophrenia.

Keywords

cerebrospinal fluid; cytology; schizophrenia

Hrčak ID:

259928

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/259928

Publication date:

1.6.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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