[Malonic dialdehyde concentration in cerebrospinal fluid as an indicator of the intensity of lipid peroxidation processes in intracranial hypertension].

The authors of the study correlate malonic dialdehyde (MDA) concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid of infants with hydrocephalus with the values of intracranial pressure. The purpose of the study was verification of the usefulness of MDA concentration determination as an indicator of the processes of lipid peroxidation in CNS tissues in hydrocephalic children. The obtained results point out that the isolated MDA concentration is not a sufficiently precise marker of intracranial hypertension.