Testing for meningitis may include a physical exam, blood tests, bacterial cultures, imaging, and a spinal tap for cerebrospinal fluid testing to confirm the diagnosis. Seek emergency care for severe ...
Purpose: To determine the significance of leukemic blasts or traumatic lumbar puncture (TLP) in diagnostic CSF of children enrolled in the Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM) Acute Lymphoblastic ...
OTTAWA, Ontario — Looking for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarkers in plasma instead of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a simpler form of screening individuals for AD pathology and could result in earlier ...
A 74-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with headache, fever, intermittent right-sided otorrhoea, and rhinorrhoea. Analysis of nasal discharge confirmed the presence of beta-2-transferrin. CT ...
Multicenter examination showed biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid consistently distinguished MS from other ...
GENT, Belgium & MALVERN, PA & TOKYO, Japan — A new laboratory test aimed at detecting Alzheimer’s disease earlier in its ...
A positional headache is one that occurs when sitting or standing and improves when lying down. Bending, sneezing, lifting, and straining may also cause it. It often results from a leak of ...