Polyneuropathy in late Lyme borreliosis - A clinical, neurophysiological and morphological description

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Kindstrand, Eva ^a,b   Nilsson, B Y ^a   Hovmark, A ^a   Nennesmo, I ^b   Pirskanen, R ^b   Solders, G ^a   Asbrink E ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; Borrelia; Lyme disease; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; POLYNEUROPATHY; VIBRATION;

ACRODERMATITIS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SURAL NERVE; VASA NERVORUM; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0033980670     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2000.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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