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Increased levels with meningitis, tuberculosis meningitis, brain abscess, meningovascular syphilis, CVA (including cases in which no hemorrhage has occurred), subarachnoid hemorrhage, some cases of multiple
sclerosis, encephalomyelitis, other degenerative processes causing neurologic disease; some cases of myxedema, traumatic tap and in CSF recovered from below the level of obstruction of the spinal cord.  Decreased CSF protein may be seen with dilution from water intoxication, CSF leak and hyperthyroidism.  LIMITATIONS:  Fresh blood in the specimen will invalidate the protein result.  Turbid samples may exhibit a positive interference.  Hemolyzed or xanthochromic specimens may falsely depress results.