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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2015

Cerebrospinal fluid and lumbar puncture: the story of a necessary procedure in the history of medicine.

Sandro Zambito Marsala, Manuela Gioulis, Michele Pistacchi

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Diagnosis and treatment of severe neurosurgical patients with pyogenic ventriculitis caused by gram-negative bacteria.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018
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3 authors.

Sandro Zambito MarsalaSan Martino Hospital, Neurology, Viale Europa 22, CAP 32100, Belluno, Italy, sandro.zambito@ulss.belluno.it.
Manuela Gioulis
Michele Pistacchi

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of our work was to investigate the different historical stages that led gradually to the discovery of the anatomical structures that form and contain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), until the Quincke idea, to collect the liquid directly at the lumbar level delivering to humanity a diagnostic tool present and absolutely irreplaceable in everyday clinical practice. This is done through consultation of all the historical medical literature, together with the critical examination of the original articles when available in the most rigorous chronological and speculative order, which enabled knowledge advancement.

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Cerebrospinal FluidHistory, 16th CenturyHistory, 17th CenturyHistory, 18th CenturyHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, AncientHumansSpinal Puncture

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