No association of seropositivity for anti-Borrelia IgG antibody with mental and physical complaints

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 386-391

  Grabe, Hans Joergen ^a   Spitzer, Carsten ^b   Lüdemann, Jan ^a   Guertler, Lutz ^a   Kramer, Axel ^a   John, Ulrich ^a   Freyberger, Harald Juergen ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borreliosis; Depression; Lyme disease; Mental disorder; Physical complaints

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAUSALITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SLEEP DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649162427     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801984230     Document Type: Article

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