Natural history and long-term consequences of Lyme disease in children

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-269

  Berglund, Johan ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Blekinge Inst for Res/Development   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032816676     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199906000-00018     Document Type: Short Survey

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