The needle has been blunt for 20 years

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1741-203x|23|2|330-331

ISSN: 1041-6102

Source: International Psychogeriatrics, Vol.23, Iss.2, 2010-10, pp. : 330-331

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Abstract

The growing need for lumbar puncture in order to obtain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for the diagnosis Alzheimer's disease is becoming increasingly apparent (Herskovits and Growdon, 2010). The concept of a CSF sampling unit specializing in lumbar puncture would seem the most plausible solution. Physicians and interns are not necessarily skilled in the procedure and neurologists perform lumbar puncture rarely.