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Atraumatic needles for lumbar puncture: why haven't neurologists changed?

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  • A Davis Department of Neurosciences, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, UK The Royal London Hospital, CAG Neuroscience, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R Dobson Department of Neurosciences, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, UK Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • S Kaninia The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • G Giovannoni Department of Neurosciences, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, UK The Royal London Hospital, CAG Neuroscience, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • K Schmierer Department of Neurosciences, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, UK The Royal London Hospital, CAG Neuroscience, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Angharad Grace Davis, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK; angharadgracedavis{at}gmail.com
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Davis A, Dobson R, Kaninia S, et al
Atraumatic needles for lumbar puncture: why haven't neurologists changed?
Practical Neurology 2016;16:18-22.

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  • Accepted August 5, 2015
  • First published September 8, 2015.
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January 01, 2017

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