Lumbar puncture and CSF examination

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Dr Morgenlander provides answers to some of the questions primary care physicians may have about lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination: What can be done to prevent post-lumbar puncture headache and how should it be treated? Does CSF pleocytosis in a patient who has had a seizure necessarily signify an underlying infectious or inflammatory process? Should every patient with dementia undergo CSF examination?

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Joel C. Morgenlander

Joel C. Morgenlander, MD Dr Morgenlander is assistant professor of medicine, division of neurology, and director of the residency training program in neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. His professional interests include general neurology and neuromuscular diseases.