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Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure
Tree Number(s)
G11.561.170
Unique ID
D015170
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015170
Scope Note
Manometric pressure of the CEREBROSPINAL FLUID as measured by lumbar, cerebroventricular, or cisternal puncture. Within the cranial cavity it is called INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE.
Entry Version
CSF PRESSURE
Entry Term(s)
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressures
Pressure, Cerebrospinal Fluid
Pressures, Cerebrospinal Fluid
Spinal Fluid Pressure
NLM Classification #
WL 203
Previous Indexing
Cerebrospinal Fluid (1966-1988)
Intracranial Pressure (1966-1988)
Pressure (1966-1988)
See Also
Intracranial Pressure
Public MeSH Note
89
History Note
89
Date Established
1989/01/01
Date of Entry
1988/04/12
Revision Date
2008/07/08
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Preferred
Spinal Fluid Pressure Narrower
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