Douglas Postels, Michigan State University (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Douglas Postels, Michigan State University

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Douglas Postels, an MSU pediatric neurologist in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, is challenging a widely held African belief that a spinal tap, a procedure safely used to treat other diseases, could suck the brain from the base of the skull and cause death in malaria patients.

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G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University

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