Neuroborreliosis in North Jutland, Denmark;Neuroborreliose i Nordjylland

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 170, Issue 43, 2008, Pages 3420-3424

  Krabbe, Niels Valdemar ^a   Jensen, Tove Ejlertsen ^a   Nielsen, Henrik Ib ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249102010     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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