Borrelia burgdorferi, a great chameleon: Know it to recognize it!

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-196

  Santino, Iolanda ^a   Comite, Paola ^a   Gandolfo, Giuseppe Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroborreliosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL ACUITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953536877     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0175-y     Document Type: Article

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