A Lyme Disease Controversy: Duration of Treatment

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 697-700

  Nadelman, Robert B ^a   Nowakowski, John ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; TETRACYCLINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031000611     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1997.00440270151016     Document Type: Letter

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