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Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Medical Definition:	Nervous system infections caused by tick-borne spirochetes of the BORELLIA BORGDORFERI GROUP. The disease may affect elements of the central or peripheral nervous system in isolation or in combination. Common clinical manifestations include a lymphocytic meningitis, cranial neuropathy (most often a facial neuropathy), POLYRADICULOPATHY, and a mild loss of memory and other cognitive functions. Less often more extensive inflammation involving the central nervous system (encephalomyelitis) may occur. In the peripheral nervous system, B. burgdorferi infection is associated with mononeuritis multiplex and polyradiculoneuritis. (From J Neurol Sci 1998 Jan 8;153(2):182-91)
Guide Notes:	coord IM with Borrelia (IM) + specific site/dis term (IM) if pertinent
Also Called:	Central Nervous System Lyme Disease,Encephalopathy, Lyme Disease,Lyme Disease Mononeuritis Multiplex,Lyme Meningoencephalitis,Lyme Meningoradiculitis,Lyme Polyradiculitis,Lyme Polyradiculopathy,Peripheral Nervous System Lyme Disease
Previously Indexed:	Encephalitis, Tick-Borne (1979-1983),Lyme Disease (1984-1999)

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