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lumbar

2 studies tagged lumbar, dated 2017-05-18 to 2018-10-10. Bibliography: BibTeX (.bib) · RIS (.ris)

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  1. Appropriate use criteria for lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid testing in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease 2018-10-10
  2. Consensus guidelines for lumbar puncture in patients with neurological diseases 2017-05-18

Studies

2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2017 to 2018

Top journals

  • Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 1
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 1

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  1. Appropriate use criteria for lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid testing in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2018-10-10 Tau biomarkers

    In anticipation of the emergence of more reliable CSF analysis platforms, the manuscript offers important guidance to health-care practitioners and suggestions for implementation and future research.

  2. Consensus guidelines for lumbar puncture in patients with neurological diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2017-05-18 Tau biomarkers

    When an LP is performed correctly, the procedure is well tolerated and accepted with a low complication rate.

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