Intra-operative cerebrospinal fluid sampling versus post-operative lumbar puncture for detection of leptomeningeal disease in malignant paediatric brain tumours

INTRODUCTION: Leptomeningeal disease is a feared sequelae of malignant paediatric brain tumours. Current methods for its detection is the combined use of cranio-spinal MRI, and CSF cytology from a post-operative lumbar puncture. In this study, the authors hypothesize that CSF taken at the start of s...

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Autores principales: Low, Sharon Y. Y., Wei, Chen Min, Chang, Kenneth T. E., Huak, Chan Yiong, Ping, Ng Lee, Tew, Seow Wan, Low, David C. Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5933788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29723241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196696

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5933788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29723241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196696

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