Uncommon manifestations of neuroborreliosis in children

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-277

  Baumann, Matthias ^a   Birnbacher, Robert ^b   Koch, Johannes ^c   Strobl, Robert ^d   Rostásy, Kevin ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b General Hospital of Villach   (Austria)

^c ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d General Hospital Lienz   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MENINGORADICULITIS; MYELITIS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; RADICULOPATHY; SEIZURES;

EID: 77950593802     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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