Acute ischaemic pontine stroke revealing Lyme Neuroborreliosis in a young adult

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 103-106

  Van Snick, S ^a   Duprez, T P ^a   Kabamba, B ^a   van de Wyngaert, F A ^a   Sindic, C J M ^a,b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire de Neurochimie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Neuroborreliosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 57649102464     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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