Unusual presentations of neuroborreliosis (Lyme disease) in childhood

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-42

  Huisman, Thierry A G M ^a,b   Wohlrab, Gaby ^a   Nadal, David ^a   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a   Martin, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Children; Lyme disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelitis; Neuritis; Neuroborreliosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; NEUROIMAGING;

ATYPICALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; MYELITIS; NEURITIS; NEUROBORRELIOSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033008674     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199901000-00009     Document Type: Article

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