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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Antibodies to recombinant decorin-binding proteins A and B in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis

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Pages 775-780 | Received 02 Nov 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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