Long-term assessment of fatigue in patients with culture-confirmed lyme disease

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-184

  Wormser, Gary P ^a   Weitzner, Erica ^a   McKenna, Donna ^a   Nadelman, Robert B ^a   Scavarda, Carol ^a   Nowakowski, John ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Fatigue; Lyme disease; Post Lyme disease symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SEVERITY SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921328526     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.09.022     Document Type: Article

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