Failure to demonstrate Borrelia burgdorferi-specific DNA in lesions of eosinophilic fasciitis [2]

Histopathology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-90

  Anton E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ZUMÁRRAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SYNDROME;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 33745652889     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02344.x     Document Type: Letter

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