Long-term prognosis of patients treated for erythema migrans in France

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 872-876

  Lipsker, D ^a   Antoni Bach, N ^a   Hansmann, Y ^a   Jaulhac, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Amoxycillin; Doxycycline; Erythema migrans; Lyme borreliosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACYCLINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036098804     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04628.x     Document Type: Article

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