Diagnosis of lyme disease

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Depietropaolo, Daniel L ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,k}   Powers, John H ^b,h,i,j   Gill, James M ^b,e   Foy, Andrew J ^a,e  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Heartland Hospice   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^g WILMINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; RASH; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 22544457483     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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