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Originally Posted by polomysweetpup  I have already joined the GME yahoo group about a week ago. He had a spinal tap done and it came back clear. The neurologist said that in some cases 20% don't show in the spinal tap, So it is about 80% chance that it is not gme. When you got the spinal tap done for brooke could the neurologist tell it was gme with the fluid from the spinal tap? |
I believe you are misunderstanding this. Just because 20% of the time the test does not show GME does not mean that there is a 80% chance it is not GME. It simply means that sometimes the diagnosis cannot be made by the spinal alone. Normally, from what I understand, the MRI and spinal are done at the same time.