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Term information

alternative term

Spinal tap

CSF collection

Cerebrospinal fluid collection

definition

A technique used to collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from an organism, which involves inserting a needle between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae in the back and extracting a sample of fluid.

definition editor

PERSON: Nicole Vasilevsky

definition source

http://www.weissandnewberrymds.com/services.htm

example of usage

A spinal tap may be performed to determine if a patient has a neurological disorder.

has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ero.owl

oboInOwl:hasDbXRef

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26468872

oboInOwl:hasExactSynonym

Lumbar Puncture

Term relations

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