Relevance of the antibody index to diagnose Lyme neuroborreliosis among seropositive patients [4]

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-152

  Blanc, F ^a   Jaulhac, B ^a   De Seze, J ^a   Hansmann, Y ^a   Tranchant, C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYME DISEASE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHY; RADICULITIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 47549096507     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000320129.28468.a7     Document Type: Letter

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