Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and cerebellar ataxia in the case of late stage Lyme disease.

نویسندگان

  • Pierre Bertholon
  • Céline Cazorla
  • Anne Carricajo
  • Alexander Oletski
  • Bernard Laurent
چکیده

1 MD (Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Saint Etienne University Hospital). 2 MD (Department of Infectious Diseases). 3 MD (Laboratory of Bacteriology, Virology and Hygiene,Saint Etienne University Hospital). 4 MD (Department of Neurology, Saint Etienne University Hospital). Send correspondence to: Dr. Pierre Bertholon. Departement d’ORL, CHU de Saint Etienne, 42055. Saint Etienne cedex 2, France. Tel: (+33) 04 77 12 77 94. E-mail: [email protected] Paper submitted to the BJORL-SGP (Publishing Management System Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology) on September 16, 2011; and accepted on October 6, 2012. cod. 8778. .org

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

دوره 78 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012