Lyme neuroborreliosis masquerading as a brainstem tumor in a 15-year- old

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-260

  Curless, Richard G ^a,c   Schatz, Norman J ^b   Bowen, Brian C ^a   Rodriguez, Zoe ^a   Ruiz, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0030273088     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(96)00172-5     Document Type: Article

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