Table 2.

Plasma and CSF metabolites measured at post operative days (POD) 28, 48, 53, 55 and 57.

	Methylmalonate (umol/L)	C3 (umol/L)	C4DC (umol/L)	Glycine (umol/L)	Alanine (umol/L)	Glutamine (umol/L)	Serine (umol/L)
normal range in CSF	0.14–0.73	*	*	10.0–32.0	24.0–42.0	320–837	28–61
normal range in plasma	0.11–0.43	<0.92	<0.18	87.0–323.0	136.0–440.0	337.0–673.0	67–171
Average CSF/plasma	1.61	*	*	0.039	0.098	0.828	0.227
CSF (POD 28)	1439	5.97	0.49	5	49	399	16
Plasma (POD 28)	338	26.52	1.08	203	416	567	60
CSF/plasma	4.26	0.23	0.45	0.02	0.12	0.70	0.27
CSF (POD 48)	1274	2.22	0.42	5	51	376	16
Plasma (POD 48)	153	13.95	0.46	191	400	477	71
CSF/plasma	8.33	0.16	0.91	0.03	0.13	0.79	0.23
CSF (POD 55)	565	0.5	0.1	6	36	396	27
Plasma (POD 53)	135	**	**	165	334	541	63
Plasma (POD 57)	104	12.52	0.81	224	301	540	72
CSF/plasma (D55+D57/2)	5.43	0.04	0.12	0.03	0.12	0.73	0.40