LP, lumbar puncture

Improved case confirmation in meningococcal disease with whole blood Taqman PCR
S J Hackett, E D Carrol, M Guiver, J Marsh, J A Sills, A P J Thomson, E B Kaczmarski, C A Hart

Archives of Disease in Childhood Jun 2002, 86 (6) 449-452; DOI: 10.1136/adc.86.6.449
Febrile seizures: an update
C Waruiru, R Appleton

Archives of Disease in Childhood Aug 2004, 89 (8) 751-756; DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.028449

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LP, lumbar puncture