Unilateral phrenic nerve lesion in Lyme neuroborreliosis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Djukic, Marija ^a,b   Larsen, Jörg ^b   Lingor, Paul ^a   Nau, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Weende Teaching Hospitals   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Diaphragm; Doxycycline; Dyspnoea; Lyme neuroborreliosis; Phrenic nerve palsy; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHRENIC NERVE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTIGO; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAPHRAGM; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 84872333611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-13-4     Document Type: Article

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