The laboratory diagnosis of ocular Lyme borreliosis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-230

  Mikkilä, Helena ^a   Karma, Anni ^a   Viljanen, Matti ^b   Seppälä, Iikka ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032974913     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050223     Document Type: Article

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