TABLE 11-1. TESTS FOR EVALUATING NEUROLOGIC ILLNESSES
- Lumbar puncture, cisternal tap, lateral cervical tap
- X-rays of skull and spine
- Radioisotope brain scan
- Cisternography
- CSF drainage
- Duplex ultrasonography of cervical and intracranial vessels
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Nerve conduction studies
- Averaged evoked responses (brainstem auditory, visual, somatosensory)
- Psychological testing
- Others (audiometry, cystometrograms, etc.)
- Computerized axial tomography (CT scan)
- Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Arteriography (catheter, magnetic resonance or CT)
- Biopsy (nerve, muscle or brain)
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