Techniques, contraindications, and complications of CSF collection procedures

Cerebrospinal Fluid in Clinical Neurology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 35-57

  Niemantsverdriet, Ellis ^a   Struyfs, Hanne ^a   Duits, Flora ^b   Teunissen, Charlotte E ^c   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Hospital Network Antwerp ZNA Middelheim and Hoge Beuken   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01225-4_4     Document Type: Chapter

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