The purpose of this study is to obtain cerebrospinal fluid from healthy children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to act as healthy controls when compared to children with late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease.
obtain cerebrospinal fluid from healthy children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to act as healthy controls when compared to children with late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
32
Collecting a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid (5 mL) from healthy children, ages 2 yrs - 8 yrs, who are already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital for clinical or diagnostic purposes.
Weill Cornell Medical College / New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York, United States
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
The primary study endpoint is the metabolic profiling of 32 samples of cerebrospinal fluid from healthy subjects, in comparison to 32 samples of CSF from children with LINCL, to determine whether there are biomarkers found in the cerebrospinal fluid that are associated with LINCL.
Time frame: 1 time point (once)
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