Autoantibodies to human manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) in children with facial palsy due to neuroborreliosis

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 386-388

  Eiffert, H ^a   Karsten, A ^a   Ritter, K ^b   Ohlenbusch, A ^a   Schlott, T ^a   Laskawi, R ^a   Christen, Hans Jürgen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Children's Hospital Auf der Bult   (Germany)

^d KINDERKRANKENHAUS AUF DER BULT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Borrelia burgdorferi; Facial palsy; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; ECHOVIRUS 6, HUMAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31544479573     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872875     Document Type: Article

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