Lyme disease in a child presenting with bilateral facial nerve palsy: MRI findings and review of the literature

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 739-742

  Vanzieleghem, B ^a   Lemmerling, M ^a   Carton, D ^a   Achten, E ^a   Vanlangenhove, P ^a   Matthys, E ^a   Kunnen, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031757065     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050675     Document Type: Article

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