Cerebral vasculitis with multiple infarcts caused by Lyme disease

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-80

  Schmiedel, J ^a   Gahn, G ^a   Von Kummer, R ^a   Reichmann, H ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0742288724     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073904     Document Type: Article

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