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. 1994 Jun;95(8):125-131.
doi: 10.1080/00325481.1994.11945866.

Lumbar puncture and CSF examination

Joel C Morgenlander

Lumbar puncture and CSF examination

Joel C Morgenlander. Postgrad Med. 1994 Jun.

Abstract

Preview Dr Morgenlander provides answers to some of the questions primary care physicians may have about lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination: What can be done to prevent post-lumbar puncture headache and how should it be treated? Does CSF pleocytosis in a patient who has had a seizure necessarily signify an underlying infectious or inflammatory process? Should every patient with dementia undergo CSF examination?

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