Screening for Lyme Disease in Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients: Prospective Serosurvey in an Endemic Area

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 409-412

  Nadelman, Robert B ^a,b   Herman, Edwaed ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LYME DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INPATIENTS; LYME DISEASE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0031264802     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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