This list includes major disease categories from which post mortem fluid specimens are currently available in the Center's inventory. Please see the information on how to obtain specimens from the Center or contact us to see availability of specific diagnoses of specimens of your research interest
Total Post-Mortem Fluids (as of August 2005) Inventory by Diagnosis:
| Clinical Disease Category |
No. of cases |
Total CSF |
Total Serum |
| Ataxia |
16 |
183 |
64 |
| Batten's Disease |
32 |
311 |
192 |
| Kuf's Disease |
1 |
14 |
4 |
| Cancer-CNS |
15 |
98 |
118 |
| Cancer-non-CNS |
57 |
524 |
133 |
| Cerebrovascular Disease |
33 |
254 |
80 |
| CNS - Signs |
34 |
316 |
82 |
| Convulsion Disorder |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Dementia |
505 |
5098 |
1203 |
| Dystonia |
7 |
66 |
68 |
| Huntington's Disease |
131 |
1154 |
408.5 |
| HD At Risk |
3 |
13 |
0 |
| Infection-CNS |
26 |
101 |
23 |
| Leukodystrophy |
4 |
52 |
43 |
| Motor Neuron Disease |
36 |
40 |
156 |
| Movement Disorder |
120 |
1056 |
225 |
| Multiple Sclerosis |
229 |
2121 |
684 |
| Narcolepsy |
4 |
7 |
63 |
| Normal |
131 |
212.2 |
179.1 |
| Psychiatric |
102 |
35 |
216 |
| Tourette's Syndrome |
4 |
13 |
4 |
Post-mortem fluid specimens are also available from the following additional categories of diseases
Atrophy, Heart disease, Lung disease. We also have specimens from normal cases for use as control in specific studies. |
