The Long-Term Course of Lyme Arthritis in Children
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- 18 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 325 (3) , 159-163
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199107183250304
Abstract
The natural history of Lyme disease is not completely known. We studied the long-term course of Lyme arthritis in 46 children in whom the onset of the disease occurred between 1976 and 1979 and who received no antibiotic therapy for at least the first four years of the illness.Keywords
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