Results of a prospective standardized study of 30 patients with chronic neurological and cognitive disorders after tick bites;Enquête étiologique standardisée sur une cohorte de 30 patients atteints de troubles neurologiques et cognitifs chroniques après piqûre de tiques

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 543-548

  Roche Lanquetot, M O ^a   Ader, F ^a   Durand, M C ^a   Carlier, R ^a   Defferriere, H ^a   Dinh, A ^a   Herrmann, J L ^a   Guillemot, D ^b   Perronne, C ^a   Salomon, J ^a,b  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Neurological Lyme; Tertiary Lyme disease; Tick bite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; TICK BITE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARACHNID VECTORS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; BITES AND STINGS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICKS;

EID: 54849435236     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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