Borreliosis mimicking lupus-like syndrome during infliximab treatment

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 631-633

  Molin, S ^a   Ruzicka, T ^a   Prinz, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LABORATORY TEST; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77953973967     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03787.x     Document Type: Article

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