Lyme optic neuritis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 117-119

  Blanc, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Ballonzoli, Laurent ^a,b   Marcel, Christophe ^a   De Martino, Sylvie ^a,b   Jaulhac, Benoît ^a,b   de Seze, Jérôme ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Study Group for Lyme Borreliosis   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroborreliosis; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; LYME OPTIC NEURITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SYMPTOM; TICK BITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS;

EID: 77953871512     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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