Autism and lyme disease

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 856-857

  Bransfield, Robert C ^a   Kuhn, Mason ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84883064882     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.194747     Document Type: Letter

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