Lyme disease and Bell's palsy: An epidemiological study of diagnosis and risk in England

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 67, Issue 658, 2017, Pages e329-e335

  Cooper, Lilli ^a   Branagan Harris, Michael ^b   Tuson, Richard ^b   Nduka, Charles ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Device Access UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Facial palsy; General Practice; Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FACIAL PARALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; URBAN HEALTH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELL PALSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TRAVEL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 85018295124     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp17X690497     Document Type: Article

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