Quantitative proteomic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with idiopathic facial nerve palsy.
Ilias MasourisM KleinB AngeleB GroßNeha GoswamiFathima MashoodManuela Gesell SalazarS SchubertH W PfisterU KoedelF SchmidtPublished in: European journal of neurology (2022)
Our study revealed a subgroup of IFP patients with elevated CSF protein that showed upregulated inflammatory pathways, suggesting an inflammatory/infectious cause. However, no evidence for an inflammatory cause was found in IFP patients with normal CSF.