Delayed Diagnosis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis Presenting with Abducens Neuropathy Without Intrathecal Synthesis of Borrelia Antibodies
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicina
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1648-9144
DOI: 10.3390/medicina49020016