Danger ahead: Politics intrude in infectious diseases society of America guideline for lyme disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1197-1199

  Klein, Jerome O ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA; LAWYER; LEGAL ASPECT; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT DURATION;

CONNECTICUT; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53349175343     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592247     Document Type: Short Survey

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