Detection of antibodies to Borrelia species among patients with confirmed sarcoidosis in a region where Lyme disease is nonendemic

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 234, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 770-773

  Ishihara, Mami ^a   Ishida, Takako ^b   Isogai, Emiko ^c   Kimura, Koh'ichi ^d   Oritsu, Masaru ^b   Matsui, Yasuo ^b   Isogai, Hiroshi ^d   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030458740     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189360     Document Type: Article

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