Multiple cranial nerve involvement in Bannwarth's syndrome

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-112

  Vianello, Marika ^a   Marchiori, Giancarlo ^a   Giometto, Bruno ^a  

^a OU Neurology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Cerebrospinal fluid pleiocytosis; Cranial nerve paralysis; Meningoradiculitis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BANNWARTH SYNDROME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PTOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK BITE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43849087471     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0869-6     Document Type: Article

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