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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 CSF analysis findings in the studied subjects:

From: COVID-19’s effects on the Egyptian population’s brain: Could MRI and specialized MR spectroscopic analysis be beneficial?

CSF analysis

All patients

(No., %)

P value

High WBCs level*

(11/21) 52.3%

0.72

High proteins level*

(11/21) 52.3%

0.97

Elevated oligoclonal IgG levels*

(8/21) 38.09%

0.01*

Positive RT-PCR SARS -COV2*

(1/21) 4.7%

0.02*

High interleukins 6 & 10 Levels*

(2/21) 9.5%

0.05*

  1. Data are numbers of patients and data in parentheses are percentages, n is the number of patients.
  2. CSF cerebrospinal fluid, IgG immunoglobulin G, RT-PCR reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease 2
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