Lyme neuroborreliosis: Manifestations of a rapidly emerging zoonosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1079-1087

  Hildenbrand, Peter ^a,c   Craven, D E ^a,b   Jones, R ^a,c   Nemeskal, P ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE FOSFATEX;

ASIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEURITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; EUROPE; FACIAL NEURITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NEURITIS; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; ORBIT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UVEITIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ZOONOSES;

EID: 67449128714     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1579     Document Type: Review

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