Procalcitonin levels in patients with Lyme borreliosis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 13-14, 2002, Pages 530-532

  Lotrič Furlan, Stanka ^a   Maraspin Čarman, Vera ^a   Cimperman, Jože ^a   Ogrinc, Katarina ^a   Stopar, Tanja ^a   Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Lyme borreliosis; Procalcitonin; Serum

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN; CALCITONIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BORRELIA INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADULT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALCITONIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; HUMANS;

EID: 0037205663     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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