Cerebral vasculitis as the only manifestation of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in a 17-year-old patient with basal ganglia infarction

European Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-112

  Heinrich, Alexander ^a   Khaw, Alexander V ^a   Ahrens, Norbert ^a   Kirsch, Michael ^a   Dressel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0141791623     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072510     Document Type: Article

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