CSF | ||||||
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Clinical group | Total number (females) | Age (years) | EDSS | Q(Alb) | Total protein (μg/ml) | Lymphocytes |
MS* | 56 (30) | 37.5 ± 10.5 | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 6.5 ± 1.1 | 381 ± 132 | 4.1 ± 2.3 |
Control: | ||||||
idiopathic cephalgia | 11(9) | 45.3 ± 25.3 | N/A | 6.9 ± 1.4 | 401 ± 165 | 3.1 ± 2.1 |
idiopathic (Bell's) facial nerve palsy | 7(4) | 52.2 ± 18.6 | N/A | 7.2 ± 0.8 | 360 ± 182 | 5.3 ± 2.2 |
ischialgia due to discopathy | 2(0) | 45.1 ± 26.2 | N/A | 6.8 ± 1.8 | 391 ± 192 | 4.2 ± 1.1 |