Fine-needle, negative-pressure lumbar puncture: A safe technique for collecting CSF

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2008-2009

  Linker, G ^a   Mirza, N ^a   Manetti, G ^a   Meyer, M ^a   Putnam, K T ^a   Sunderland, Trey ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037168784     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000038360.01635.39     Document Type: Article

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