2269 - Vol. 62 /
Ed 6 /
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Section: Artigos Originais |
Pages: 500 to 502 |
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Simultaneous Bilateral Facial and Cocleovestibular Palsy in Lyme Disease. |
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Authors: |
Sulene Pirana*, Ricardo Ferreira Bento**, Priscila Bogar***, José Alexandre Medicis da Silveira****, Natalino Hajime Yoshinari*****. |
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Keywords: Sudden deafness, facial palsy, borreliosis
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Abstract: Lyme's Borreliosis is a zoonosis; the main neurologic manifestation is facial palsy. The incidente of this manifestation in other countries is 7 to 20%. The authors report a case of bilateral facial palsy and deafness caused by borrelia in Brazil; this is the first case report with sorologic confirmation . They also discuss the clinical, epidemiologic and sorologic manifestations of Lyme's Borreliosis.
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Indexations: MEDLINE, Exerpta Medica, Lilacs (Index Medicus Latinoamericano), SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online)
CAPES: Qualis Nacional A, Qualis Internacional C
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