Constipation heralding neuroborreliosis: An atypical tale of 2 patients

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 671-673

  Shamim, Ejaz A ^a   Shamim, Sadat A ^a   Liss, Gordon ^a   Nylen, Eric ^b   Pincus, Jonathan H ^a,b   Yepes, Manuel ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SYMPTOM; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CEFTRIAXONE; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 16844382713     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.4.671     Document Type: Article

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