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