How Is a CSF Glucose Test Done? The most common way to check the glucose in your cerebrospinal fluid is by performing a lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap. In some cases, your doctor can also ...

Median duration of follow-up was 13.2 years (range, 6.9 to 15.5 years). Event-free survival (EFS) was 72.6% (SE, 2.5%) for CNS1 patients (n = 304), 70.3% (SE, 4.7%) for CNS2 patients (n = 111), and 66 ...

Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) for the exclusion of meningitis is included as part of routine clinical investigation of suspected sepsis in many neonatal units. A retrospective review of medical ...

May aid in the diagnosis of prion disease. RT-QuIC identifies the disease-causing agent. Total TAU and 14-3-3γ are indirect markers of neurodegenerative diseases. Assumes that the patient has a ...

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 ...