Acute transverse myelitis in Lyme neuroborreliosis

Infection

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 413-416

  Bigi, S ^a   Aebi, C ^a   Nauer, C ^a   Bigler, S ^a   Steinlin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lyme; Neuroborreliosis; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 77957662122     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-010-0028-x     Document Type: Article

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