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Title
Lumbar puncture
Leaflet / Website
Lumbar puncture
Author
Consultant Neurologist Body, East Kent Hospitals
Description
A lumbar puncture is a way of obtaining a small sample of fluid which surrounds the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) for examination and analysis. This leaflet explains how a lumbar puncture can help with diagnosis and treatment, and how the lumbar puncture is carried out.
Further information

NHS: lumbar puncture
Patient.co.uk: lumbar puncture spinal tap 
Lumbar puncture (child)

Date of production
April 2021
Reference number
CSP/EKH016