Newer advancements in CSF diagnostics
Apart from the diagnostic purposes for which CSF is commonly used, as
detailed above under the section of common indications, rapid advances
in diagnostic techniques have allowed many newer potential uses of CSF
in the diagnosis of various neurodegenerative and neuro-immunomodulatory
disorders. The newer CSF diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers for various
neurodegenerative and neuro-immunomodulatory diseases in development are
shown in Table 2. 58