Optic neuropathy in children with lyme disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 477-481

  Rothermel, H ^a   Hedges III, T R ^a   Steere, A C ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Children; Increased intracranial pressure; Lyme disease; Meningitis; Neurologic manifestations; Optic neuritis; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MENINGITIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLEDEMA;

EID: 0034872122     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.2.477     Document Type: Article

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