Dacryoadenitis and orbital myositis associated with lyme disease

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1165-1166

  Nieto, Juan C ^a   Kim, Nancy ^b   Lucarelli, Mark J ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRYOADENITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; ORBITAL MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PREDNISONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49449102749     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.8.1165     Document Type: Letter

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