Delayed resolution of white matter changes following therapy of B burgdorferi encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 758-759

  Steinbach, Joachim P ^a,c   Melms, Arthur ^a   Skalej, Martin ^b   Dichgans, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX; TICK BITE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 13844320552     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000152048.34121.E1     Document Type: Article

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