Seroprevalence of anti-Borrelia antibodies among patients with confirmed sarcoidosis in a region of Japan where Lyme borreliosis is endemic

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 280-284

  Ishihara, Mami ^a   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a   Ono, Hiromitsu ^b   Isogai, Emiko ^c   Kimura, Koh'ichi ^d   Isogai, Hiroshi ^d   Aoki, Koki ^e   Ishida, Takako ^f   Suzuki, Katsuya ^a   Kotake, Satoshi ^g   Hiraga, Youmei ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Hosp of Hokkaido Rlwy Co   (Japan)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Aoki Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^f JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPIROCHETE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 6844258224     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050078     Document Type: Article

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