Primarily chronic and cerebrovascular course of Lyme neuroborreliosis: Case reports and literature review

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Wilke, Marko ^a   Eiffert, Helmut ^b   Christen, Hans Jürgen ^a   Hanefeld, Folker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accidents; Chronic course; Neuroborreliosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR RETARDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARESIS; SEIZURES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033928676     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.1.67     Document Type: Article

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