Atraumatic lumbar puncture needles: after all these years, are we still missing the point?

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Published in Neurologist on January 01, 2009

Authors

Katherine Arendt1, Bart M Demaerschalk, Dean M Wingerchuk, William Camann

Author Affiliations

1: Instructor in Anesthesia, Mayo Foundation Scholar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

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