Bilateral facial palsy: Epstein-Barr virus, not Lyme disease

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1029-1030

  Diedler, J ^a   Rieger, S ^a   Koch, A ^a   Parthe Peterhans S ^a   Schwaninger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral facial palsy; EBV; Lyme

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PHARYNGITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE;

EID: 33747824850     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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