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Multiple Sclerosis => THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF BEING MULTIPLY SCLEROSED => Topic started by: agate on August 13, 2017, 02:42:52 pm

Title: Lumbar puncture described
Post by: agate on August 13, 2017, 02:42:52 pm
Many people in whom MS is suspected are still having to have a spinal tap (lumbar puncture) so that an analysis of the CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) can be made. This article in Medical News Today (August 13, 2017) describes what you can expect during and after the test and what the test is used for:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318907.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-us (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318907.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-us)