An appraisal of "chronic lyme disease" [9]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-431

  Mayer, Lawrence ^a   Merz, Susanne ^b  

^a NONE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANAPLASMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EHRLICHIA; ERADICATION THERAPY; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TICK BORNE DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; NOTE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 38549134051     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc073063     Document Type: Letter

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