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Volume 153, Issue 1, Pages 140-142 (July 2008)


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Diagnostic Value of Lumbar Puncture in Afebrile Infants with Suspected New-Onset Seizures

Tarannum M. Lateef, MDCorresponding Author Information, Tammy N. Tsuchida, MD, PhD, Taeun Chang, MD, Jami Johnson, BS, William D. Gaillard, MD, Karin B. Nelson, MD

Received 13 September 2007; received in revised form 24 January 2008; accepted 14 February 2008.

No established guidelines address the need for lumbar puncture in fever-free infants younger than 6 months of age with a first seizure. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid results in infants and found that lumbar puncture adds little diagnostic value to the evaluation of young, well-appearing infants presenting with possible new-onset seizures.

 Department of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tarannum Musvee Lateef, MD, Department of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave, Washington D.C. 20010.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00106-6

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.02.030


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