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To make a more definitive diagnosis, a healthcare team will drain some of the cerebrospinal fluid using a procedure called a spinal tap (lumbar puncture).—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 27 May 2025 The test, which requires a simple blood draw, is less invasive than performing a spinal tap to test cerebrospinal fluid and less expensive than PET scans.—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025 About two-thirds of participants had Alzheimer’s disease (diagnosed via spinal tap); this group was nearly 80 percent male and 71 years old on average.—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2025 Medical professionals will likely evaluate how someone walks, get scans like a CT or MRI, perform a spinal tap and otherwise perform a physical exam and monitor symptoms.—David Oliver, USA Today, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for spinal tap
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