Lyme neuroborreliosis mimicking primary CNS lymphoma

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-45

  Walther, Ernst U ^a   Seelos, Klaus ^a   Bise, Karl ^a   Mayer, Michael ^a   Straube, Andreas ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0348047251     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075086     Document Type: Article

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