A prospective study of Lyme arthritis in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 110, Issue SEP., 1999, Pages 107-109

  Handa, R ^a   Wali, J P ^a   Singh, S ^a   Aggarwal, P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Lyme arthritis; North India

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INDIA; LYME DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032730413     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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