Neurocognitive abnormalities in children after classic manifestations of Lyme disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-196

  Bloom, Bradley J ^a,b   Wyckoff, Patricia M ^a,b   Meissner, H Cody ^a,b   Steere, Allen C ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Children; Lyme disease; Neurocognitive symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CEFTRIAXONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031920696     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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