Post-lumbar puncture headache is reduced with use of atraumatic needles in ALS

Colin QuinnDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts, Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MassachusettsCorrespondence[email protected]

Erik A. MacklinMassachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Nazem AtassiNeurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Robert BowserBarrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona

Kevin BoylanDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

Merit CudkowiczNeurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Christina FournierDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Shafeeq S. LadhaBarrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona

David LacomisDepartment of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

James BerryNeurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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