Immunoglobulin M immunoblot for diagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in patients with acute facial palsy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2033-2035

  Jain, Varsha K ^a   Hilton, Eileen ^b   Maytal, Joseph ^a   Dorante, Gary ^a   Ilowite, Norman T ^a   Sood, Sunil K ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0029951541     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.2033-2035.1996     Document Type: Article

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