Lyme disease presenting as subacute transverse myelitis

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-329

  Koc, Filiz ^a   Bozdemir, Hacer ^a   Pekoz, Taylan ^a   Aksu, Hasan Salih ^b   Ozcan, Sevgi ^a   Kurdak, Hatice ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Facial paralyses; Lyme disease; Subacute transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PENTOXIFYLLINE; VALACICLOVIR;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONSULTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPEPSIA; DYSURIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KNEE JERK REFLEX; LEG PAIN; LYME DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PRURITUS; REFLEX; REFLEX DISORDER; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SERUM; TOUCH; TREATMENT DURATION; VIBRATION SENSE; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 75149140147     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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