Acute neuroborreliosis with involvement of the central nervous system

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 10-15

  Chang, Bao Luen ^a   Shih, Chien Ming ^b   Ro, Long Sun ^a   Huang, Chin Chang ^a   Lyu, Rong Kuo ^a   Chen, Rou Shayn ^a   Lee, Jiann Der ^a   Chao, Li Lian ^b   Kuo, Hung Chou ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Encephalomyelitis; Lyme neuroborreliosis; Meningoencephalitis; Myelitis; Radiculomyelitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC PLEOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYELOPOLYRADICULITIS; NERVE ROOT LESION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYRADICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SPINAL CORD LESION; TAIWAN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953873397     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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