학술논문
Relevance of the antibody index to diagnose Lyme neuroborreliosis among seropositive patients
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Article
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Neurology (Ovid); September 2007, Vol. 69 Issue: 10 p953-958, 6p
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00283878; 1526632X
Abstract
No consensual criteria exist to diagnose neuroborreliosis. The intrathecal anti-Borreliaantibody index (AI) is a necessary criterion to diagnose neuroborreliosis in Europe, but not in the United States. Previous studies to determine the diagnostic value of the AI found a sensitivity ranging from 55% to 80%. However, these studies included only typical clinical cases of meningitis or meningoradiculitis, and none had a control group with CSF anti-Borreliaantibodies.