Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in Muscle of Patients with Chronic Myalgia Related to Lyme Disease
✍ Scribed by Michel Frey; Benoı̂t Jaulhac; Yves Piemont; Luc Marcellin; Pierre-Michel Boohs; Philippe Vautravers; Michel Jesel; Jean-Louis Kuntz; Henri Monteil; Jean Sibilia
- Book ID
- 117016025
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 61 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1555-7162
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