Chronic Lyme Disease: A Working Case Definition
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Chronic Lyme Disease: A Working Case Definition
Although Lyme disease is the most common tickborne illness in the USA and Eurasia, the pathophysiology and clinical course of chronic Lyme disease (CLD) have not been formally defined. The purpose of this paper is to present a working case definition of CLD based on analysis of more than 700 peerreviewed publications. According to this definition, CLD is a multisystem illness with diverse muscu...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1553-6203
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2018.1.44