Central nervous system borreliosis mimicking a pontine tumour

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1597-1599

  Latsch, Kirsten ^a   Tappe, Dennis ^a   Warmuth Metz, Monika ^a   Hebestreit, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 33750834905     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46586-0     Document Type: Article

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