Borrelial lymphocytoma - A historical case

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 947-952

  Sonck, C E ^a   Viljanen, M ^b   Hirsimaki P ^a   Soderstrom K O ^a   Ekfors, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borreliosis; Lymphocytoma; Lymphoma; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BREAST AREOLA; CELL INFILTRATION; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

EID: 0031730099     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00244.x     Document Type: Article

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