title: Lyme disease: authentic imitator or wishful imitation?
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Melia
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina3Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lantos
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Auwaerter
mesh_terms: D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012698:Serologic Tests
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M
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