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Possible role of glial cells in the onset and progression of Lyme neuroborreliosis

BACKGROUND: Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) may present as meningitis, cranial neuropathy, acute radiculoneuropathy or, rarely, as encephalomyelitis. We hypothesized that glia, upon exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, produce inflammatory mediators that promote the acute cellular i...

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Autores principales: Ramesh, Geeta, Borda, Juan T, Gill, Amy, Ribka, Erin P, Morici, Lisa A, Mottram, Peter, Martin, Dale S, Jacobs, Mary B, Didier, Peter J, Philipp, Mario T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2748066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19706181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-6-23