Robert West, PhD ✝️ ⚕️#PrecisionMedicine Profile picture
SUNY Emeritus @UpstateNews via @Harvard, @ucdavis. #PM101. Professor of #NeuropathicPain via #Leptomeningitis aka misnomer #Arachnoiditis. pic: St Marks, FL
Oct 1, 2022 27 tweets 33 min read
SEMINAL ARTICLE re: #ICD11 Chapter 08 - Diseases of the #NervousSystem 🧠

Study Title: The #leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal #CNS development and function: first patient and public involved systematic review of #arachnoiditis (chronic #meningitis). @PLOSONE LINK: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @PLOSONE

Abbreviations:
#CES- #CaudaEquina Syndrome
#DLM – Diseases of the #Leptomeninges
#ESI- #Epidural Steroid Injection
LM - #Leptomeninges
#LMF- #Leptomeningeal #Fibrosis
#NAA- #neuraxialanesthesia
PSR- PRISMA Systematic Review