Lyme arthritis in 20 children residing in a non-endemic area

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 419-421

  Saulsbury, Frank T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 20944433038     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400506     Document Type: Article

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