Laboratory diagnosis of infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi;Laboratoriediagnostik af infektion forårsaget af Borrelia burgdorferi

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 168, Issue 34, 2006, Pages 2805-2807

  Dessau, Ram B ^a,b   Bangsborg, Jette M ^a   Ejlertsen Jensen, Tove P ^a   Hansen, Klaus ^a   Lebech, Anne Mette K ^a   Andersen, Christian Østergaard ^a  

^a Dansk Selskab for Neurologi ^*  (Denmark)

^b Section of Endocrinology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; WESTERN BLOTTING; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 33748754113     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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