Outcomes of children treated for lyme disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2249-2253

  Wang, Thomas J ^a   Sangha, Oliver ^a   Phillips, Charlotte B ^a   Wright, Elizabeth A ^a   Lew, Robert A ^a   Fossel, Anne H ^a   Fossel, Karin ^a   Shadick, Nancy A ^b,c   Liang, Matthew H ^b   Sundel, Robert P ^b  

^a Multipurpose Arthr Musculoskel D ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Child; Lyme disease; Prognosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LYME DISEASE; PENICILLINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031731512     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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