Doctors analyze cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to help identify conditions that affect your brain and spine. CSF samples are typically collected through a lumbar (spinal) tap. CSF is the clear fluid that ...

A reference range for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure in children undergoing diagnostic lumbar puncture has not been established. 1 The influence of age, body-mass index (BMI), and depth of ...

A lumbar puncture is sometimes called a “spinal tap.” It’s a medical procedure that can involve collecting a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF is the fluid that surrounds your spinal cord and ...

Biochemical markers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are proving increasingly useful in clinical diagnosis and research, but having people agree to a lumbar puncture can be a challenge, particularly in ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in and around the brain and spinal cord, which can cause symptoms such as abnormal gait, urinary incontinence and ...

Your brain and spinal cord are bathed in fluid. A lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap, is a procedure doctors use to remove and test some of this liquid, called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It ...

Surgical Management of Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors After Treatment With Targeted Systemic Therapy Using Kinase Inhibitors We retrospectively studied a cohort of 526 patients treated in ...