Computed tomography of the head before a lumbar puncture in suspected meningitis - Is it helpful?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 1768-1770

  Steigbigel, Neal H ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; EDITORIAL; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HEAD; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035857158     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200112133452410     Document Type: Editorial

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