Acute transverse myelitis as a main manifestation of early stage II neuroborreliosis in two patients

European Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 186-188

  Meurs, Liesbeth ^a   Labeye, Delphine ^a   Declercq, Inge ^a   Piéret, Françoise ^a   Gille, Michel ^a  

^a Brussels Saint Elisabeth Clinic   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; GADOLINIUM; MEPREDNISONE;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYELITIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; TICK BITE;

AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; REVIEW LITERATURE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 9244230652     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081864     Document Type: Article

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