Western blot analysis for diagnosis of lyme disease in acute facial palsy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 719-723

  Furuta, Yasushi ^a   Kawabata, Hiroki ^b   Ohtani, Fumio ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute peripheral facial palsy; Anti Borrelia antibody; Bell's palsy; CDC criteria; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BORRELIA AFZELII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BELL PALSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0035075359     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200104000-00028     Document Type: Article

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