Reducing post-lumbar puncture headaches with small bore atraumatic needles

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 536-537

  Vidoni, Eric D ^a   Morris, Jill K ^a   Raider, Kayla ^b   Burns, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Biomarkers; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S; BIOMARKERS; DEMENTIA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDLES; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 84895126897     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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