RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Myths and facts about Lyme disease
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 203
OP 209
VO 64
IS 4
A1 Leonard H. Sigal
YR 1997
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/4/203.abstract
AB Lyme disease has taken hold in the imagination of the general public and physicians alike. Although the disease is real, the diagnosis is often false. Patients demanding an explanation for feeling out of sorts, and physicians too willing to oblige them with improper use of serologic tests and useless therapies both foster a mythology that conscientious physicians should try to combat. This article debunks the myths and presents the facts.