A twist on Lyme: the challenge of diagnosing European Lyme neuroborreliosis.
Lyme neuroborreliosis is a tick-borne illness with central and peripheral nervous system manifestations. Clinical features and methods for accurate diagnosis differ across world regions owing to different causative Borrelia species. The importance of these distinctions is highlighted by a 12-year-old Canadian girl who acquired Lyme neuroborreliosis in Europe.
Division of Neurology, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Naila
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Makhani
Shaun K
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Morris
Andrea V
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Page
Jason
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Brophy
L Robbin
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Lindsay
Brenda L
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Banwell
Susan E
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Richardson
D001898:Borrelia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014195:Travel