Lyme disease. 1st part: Epidemiology and diagnosis;Borréliose de Lyme 1ère partie: Épidémiologie et diagnostic

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 2, Issue 60, 2006, Pages 919-924

  Evison, John ^b   Aebi, Christoph ^b   Francioli, Patrick ^c   Péter, Olivier ^d   Bassetti, Stefano ^e   Gervaix, Alain ^f   Zimmerli, Stefan ^b   Weber, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Laboratoires et Conseils Médicaux SA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRODERMATITIS; ARTHRITIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARDITIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SWITZERLAND;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33646697352     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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