The amber theory of Lyme arthritis: Initial description and clinical implications

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 989-994

  Wormser, Gary P ^a   Nadelman, Robert B ^a   Schwartz, Ira ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINT DISEASES; JOINTS; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84863724213     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-012-1964-x     Document Type: Article

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