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Table 2 Aquaporin-4 in CSF from fifteen term infants measured by enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA)

From: Aquaporin-4 expression in the cerebrospinal fluid in congenital human hydrocephalus

Patient Diagnosis

AQP4 ELISA analysis (ng/ml)

Age (days)

Gender

COM(A)

11.41

1-5

M

OBS SAO(B)

7.31

1-5

M

COM(C)

11.24

1-5

M

CONT(D)

8.26

1

F

COM(E)

9.22

1-5

M

CONT(F)

8.66

1

M

OBS SAO(G)

9.06

1-5

F

OBS SAO(H)

10.75

1-5

M

COM(I)

12.15

1-5

M

COM(J)

9.70

1-5

F

COM(K)

14.82

1-5

F

OBS DW(L)

7.47

1-5

M

COM(M)

10.67

1-5

M

CONT(N)

9.46

3

M

CONT(O)

8.06

7

M

COM(P)

9.71

1-5

F

  1. COM communicating hydrocephalus, OBS SAO obstructive hydrocephalus (Sylvian aqueduct) OBS DW obstructive hydrocephalus (Dandy Walker), CONT control.
  2. Patients A,C,E,I,J,K,M and P = communicating hydrocephalus (tetraventricular hydrocephalus of unknown origin); B, G, and H = obstructive hydrocephalus (Sylvian aqueduct obstruction); L = obstructive hydrocephalus (Dandy-Walker Syndrome) D,F,N and O = control.