Clinical characteristics of childhood lyme neuroborreliosis in an endemic area of northern Europe

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-94

  Øymar, Knut ^a,b   Tveitnes, Dag ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGISM; MENINGITIS; RADICULAR PAIN; SCANDINAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58449134585     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802593453     Document Type: Article

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