S1 guidelines "lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis" (abridged and translated version).
Hayrettin TumaniH F PetereitA GerritzenC C GrossA HussS IsenmannS JesseM KhalilP LewczukJ LewerenzF LeypoldtN MelzerS G MeuthM OttoK RuprechtE SindernA SpreerM StangelH StrikM UhrJ VogelgsangK-P WandingerT WeberM WickB WildemannJ WiltfangD WoitallaI ZerrT ZimmermannPublished in: Neurological research and practice (2020)
In view of the importance and developments in CSF analysis, the S1 guideline "Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis" was recently prepared by the German Society for CSF analysis and clinical neurochemistry (DGLN) and published in German in accordance with the guidelines of the AWMF (https://www.awmf.org). /uploads/tx_szleitlinien/030-141l_S1_Lumbalpunktion_und_Liquordiagnostik_2019-08.pdf). The present article is an abridged translation of the above cited guideline. The guideline has been jointly edited by the DGLN and DGN.