Lyme disease with lymphocytic meningitis, trigeminal palsy and silent thalamic lesion

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 501-504

  Köchling, Joachim ^a   Freitag, Hans J ^b   Bollinger, Thomas ^a   Herz, Alexander ^a   Sperner, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Zentrum für Radiologie Neuroradiologie und Nuklearmedizin Tesdorpfhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Follow up report; MRI; Neuroborreliosis; Thalamic lesion; Trigeminal nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THALAMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; PARALYSIS; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 53249100654     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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