Should a neonate with possible late onset infection always have a lumbar puncture?
Open Access
- 10 May 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 91 (1) , 75-76
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.087551
Abstract
If an LP is performed routinely as part of the investigations for infection, how often will it be informative?Keywords
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