Unexplained cerebral vasculitis and stroke: keep Lyme neuroborreliosis in mind

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 756-757

  Topakian, Raffi ^a   Stieglbauer, Karl ^a   Aichner, Franz T ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BORRELIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; MALAISE; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYRADICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34547801238     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70203-X     Document Type: Letter

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