Pseudotumor cerebri in Lyme disease: A case report and literature review

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-441

  Kan, Li ^a   Sood, Sunil K ^a   Maytal, Joseph ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ACETAZOLAMIDE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI;

EID: 17944403536     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00215-4     Document Type: Article

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