Is morphoea caused by Borrelia burgdorferi? A review
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 142 (4) , 636-644
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03407.x
Abstract
The aetiology of morphoea and lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is still unknown. Since the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi) as the causative agent of Lyme disease, there has been deba...Keywords
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