Acute severe leukoencephalitis with posterior lesions due to Borrelia burgdorferi infection;Leuco-encéphalite aiguë à tropisme postérieur révélant précocement une maladie de Lyme

Presse Medicale

Volumn 32, Issue 34, 2003, Pages 1607-1609

  Drouet, Alain ^a   Meyer, X ^a   Guilloton, L ^a   Mullet, J P ^c   Dusseau, J Y ^a   Denoyel, G A ^b   Felten, D ^a  

^a HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^b LMM Laboratoire Marcel Merieux   (France)

^c Medecin Generaliste ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LYME DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; AGNOSIA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEFTRIAXONE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSLEXIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0142153207     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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