Safety of lumbar puncture procedures in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-292

  Peskind, E ^a   Nordberg, A ^b   Darreh Shori, T ^b   Soininen, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Cholinesterase inhibitors; Lumbar puncture; Lumbar puncture headache

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; RIVASTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; NAUSEA; NECK INJURY; NEEDLE; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 67149098346     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720509788486509     Document Type: Article

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