铁在造血系统中具有重要作用,近来发现铁及含铁的物质在脑脊液(CSF)中的变化与细菌或病毒感染、神经肿瘤及心理发育方面也有一定关系,作者研究了正常儿童时期与患有病毒性脑膜炎儿童CSF 中铁、转铁蛋白和铁蛋白的变化。 Iron has an important role in the hematopoietic system. Recently, it has been found that the changes of iron and iron-containing substances in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are also related to bacterial or viral infections, neuro-tumor and psychological development. The authors studied the relationship between normal childhood and patients with Variations of iron, transferrin and ferritin in CSF of children with viral meningitis.