Borrelia antibodies in children evaluated for Lyme neuroborreliosis

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-466

  Bennet, R ^a   Lindgren, V ^a   Zweygberg Wirgart, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; DISEASE MARKER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SWEDEN; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 56549091422     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-6259-4     Document Type: Article

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