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Serum and cerebrospinal fluid examinations in the diagnosis of borrelia infection in bell's palsy

Lars Jonsson Departments of Otolaryngology, Karolinska Institute, Dandervd Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Göran Stiernstedt Departments of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Dandervd Hospital, Danderyd
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Johan Carlson Departments of Infectious Diseases, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala and the Departments of Uppsala, Sweden
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Anders Strömberg Departments of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Dandervd Hospital, Danderyd; Departments of Infectious Diseases, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala and the Departments of Uppsala, Sweden
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Olof Sjöberg Departments of Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala and the Departments of Uppsala, Sweden
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Anders Larsson Departments of Medical and Physiological Chemistry, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 421-426 | Received 18 Oct 1989, Accepted 19 May 1990, Published online: 01 Dec 2010

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