The diagnosis of Lyme disease: Good news, bad news

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 236-238

  Goodman, Jesse L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Box 250 Mayo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TICK; URINE;

EID: 0035865769     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00742-7     Document Type: Editorial

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