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  • Title: Lumbar puncture and stroke. A statement for physicians by a Committee of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association.
    Author: Caplan LR, Flamm ES, Mohr JP, Toole J, Plum F, Fisher CM, Drake CG, Peerless SJ.
    Journal: Circulation; 1987 Feb; 75(2):505A-507A. PubMed ID: 3802453.
    Abstract:
    This statement for physicians redefines the use and importance of lumbar puncture to suspected stroke mechanisms. It also identifies neurologic conditions in which newer imaging techniques are safer and more effective diagnostic tools than lumbar puncture.
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