Intrathecal antibody production against Borrelia burgdorferi in a patient with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis [4]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 747-748

  Hartmann, M ^a   Pfadenhauer, K ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrathecal antibody production; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroborreliosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; URGE INCONTINENCE; VERTIGO;

ANTIBODIES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PARESIS;

EID: 0346334449     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00681.x     Document Type: Letter

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