When to do a lumbar puncture

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-237

  Riordan, F A I ^a   Cant, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0036724881     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.3.235     Document Type: Short Survey

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