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Case Reports
. 1988 Jun;38(6):863-7.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.38.6.863.

Chronic central nervous system involvement in Lyme borreliosis

J Kohler  1 , U Kern, J Kasper, B Rhese-Küpper, U Thoden
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Case Reports

Chronic central nervous system involvement in Lyme borreliosis

J Kohler et al. Neurology. 1988 Jun.

Abstract

We describe four patients with marked chronic meningoencephalomyelitis caused by tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Imaging techniques showed either MS-like lesions or evidence of vascular involvement, as in other spirochetal infections, especially in meningovascular syphilis.

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