Three cases of neuroborreliosis misdiagnosed as giant cell arteritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-160

  Trisk, F ^a   Andersson, M ^b   Svenungsson, E ^b  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; TOCILIZUMAB;

AGED; ANTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SEROLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858392469     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2011.641584     Document Type: Letter

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