This list includes major disease categories from which pre-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 Pre-Mortem Fluids (as of August 2005) Inventory by Diagnosis:
| Clinical Disease Category |
No. of Taps |
Total CSF |
Total Serum |
Total Urine |
| Arthritis |
9 |
9 |
14 |
|
| Ataxia |
85 |
129 |
113 |
|
| Atrophy |
63 |
150 |
98 |
|
| Cancer-CNS |
125 |
264 |
161 |
|
| Cancer-non-CNS |
35 |
73 |
28 |
|
| Cerebrovascular Disease |
607 |
832 |
841 |
|
| Charcot Marie Tooth |
6 |
15 |
5 |
|
| CNS - Signs |
395 |
781 |
640 |
|
| Convulsion Disorder |
428 |
753 |
608 |
|
| Dementia |
285 |
405 |
360 |
|
| Guillian Barre Syndrome |
26 |
7 |
38 |
|
| Head Trauma |
91 |
107 |
127 |
|
| Headache |
96 |
117 |
124 |
|
| Heart Disease |
24 |
21 |
27 |
|
| Huntington's Disease |
90 |
132 |
280 |
|
| HD At Risk |
37 |
147 |
230 |
|
| Infection-CNS |
557 |
1003 |
768 |
|
| Infection non CNS |
87 |
164 |
275 |
66 |
| Metabolic |
42 |
61 |
44 |
|
| Motor Neuron Disease |
45 |
104 |
47 |
|
| Movement Disorder |
141 |
172 |
182 |
|
| Multiple Sclerosis |
10,734 |
38,064 |
33,770 |
3,882 |
| Myelopathy |
54 |
149 |
89 |
|
| Neuropathy |
448 |
876 |
576 |
|
| Psychiatric |
188 |
324 |
247 |
|
| Spinal Cord Disease |
114 |
222 |
135 |
|
Pre-mortem fluid specimens are also available from the following additional categories of diseases
Cardiovascular Disease, Ear disease, Eye disease, Gastrointestinal disease, Lung disease, Muscle disease, Narcolepsy and few others. We also have specimens from normal cases for use as control in specific studies. |
