====== CSF protein reference values ======

^ Reported reference values for CSF total protein (g/L) in infants, children, and adults.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ||||||
| Age                                                                                                                                                 | Mean ± SD[(:cite:pmid6189754>{{pmid>long:6189754}})](range)           | Range[(:cite:soldin1997>Soldin JS, Brugnara C, KC Gunter, JM. Hicks, eds. Pediatric
reference ranges, 2nd ed. Washington: AACC Press, 1997:181pp)]      | Mean (range)[(:cite:klein1995>Klein JO, Marcy SM. Bacterial sepsis and meningitis. In: Remington
JS, Klein JO, eds. Infectious diseases of the fetus and
newborn infant, 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1995:835–
90.)]  |                               |                               |
| Term newborn                                                                                                                                        |                                         | 0.40–1.20              |                           | 0.63 (0.32–2.40)              | 0.90[(Age range, newborn to 1week)](0.20–1.70)  |
| 0–1 week                                                                                                                                            | 0.77 ± 0.16 (0.45–1.09)                 |                        | 0.47  (0.27–0.65)         |                               |                               |
| 1–2 weeks                                                                                                                                           |                                         |                        |                           | 0.67[(Age range, 0 to 2 weeks)](0.52–1.20)   |                               |
| 2–3 weeks                                                                                                                                           | 0.66 ± 0.16[(Age range, 1 to 4 weeks)]  (0.51–1.01)    | 0.20–0.80[(Age range: 0 to 4 weeks)]  |                           |                               |                               |
| 3–4 weeks                                                                                                                                           |                                         |                        |                           | 0.52[(Age range, 2 to 4 weeks)] (0.26–0.88)  |                               |
| 1–2 months                                                                                                                                          |                                         |                        |                           | 0.48 (0.17–0.63)              |                               |
| 2–3 months                                                                                                                                          |  0.45 +/- 0.13[(Age range, 1 to 3 months)] (0.24–0.65)  |                        |                           |                               |                               |
| 3–6 months                                                                                                                                          | 0.29 ± 0.04 (0.23–0.37)                 | 0.15–0.45[(Age range, 1 month to adult)]             |                           |                               |                               |
| 6–12 months                                                                                                                                         | 0.27 ± 0.07 (0.17–0.35)                 |                        |                           |                               |                               |
| 1–16 years                                                                                                                                          | 0.22 ± 0.05 (0.16–0.31)                 |                        |                           |                               |                               |
| b From Soldin et al. (4). c From Klein and Marcy (5)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ||||||
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