Lyme disease antiscience

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 361-362

  Perronne, Christian ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICINE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ETHICS; NOTE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84860301206     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70053-1     Document Type: Letter

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