Lyme neuroborreliosis disguised as normal pressure hydrocephalus

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1743-1745

  Danek, A ^a,b   Uttner, I ^a   Yousry, T ^a   Pfister, H W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Neurologische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYME DISEASE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029889281     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.6.1743     Document Type: Article

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