lumbar puncture: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture. Sep 29, 2026
Add new Web site: NHS - Lumbar puncture. Jun 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Patient - Lumbar puncture. May 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Boston Children's Hospital - Spinal Tap and Lumbar Puncture. Mar 11, 2025
Add new Web site: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine - Lumbar Puncture: Indications, Complications, Technique and CSF Analysis in Pediatric Patients. Dec 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Medscape - Lumbar Puncture. Aug 28, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Rochester Medical Center - Health Encyclopedia - Spinal Tap (Lumbar Puncture) for Children. Jun 06, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Rochester Medical Center - Health Encyclopedia - Spinal Tap (Lumbar Puncture) for Children. Jun 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Cedars-Sinai - Lumbar Puncture. Apr 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Cedars-Sinai - Lumbar Puncture. Apr 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Lumbar Puncture. Dec 21, 2023
Add new Web site: MSD Manual - Professional Version - How to do Lumbar Puncture. Oct 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Healthline - Lumbar Puncture. Sep 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is a Spinal Tap? Jul 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Spinal Tap. Apr 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Lumbar puncture. Feb 28, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture. Jan 19, 2023
Added information on the use of lumbar puncture and the subsequent analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis of meningitis and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Sep 24, 2009
Added new Web site: The Nemours Foundation - For Parents - Lumbar Puncture. May 14, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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