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Severe Lyme neuroborreliosis with bilateral hemorrhagic temporal encephalitis

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    T. Bonduelle, Hoang M.-A. Tang, C. Marchal & B. Thomas

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Bonduelle, T., Tang, H.MA., Marchal, C. et al. Severe Lyme neuroborreliosis with bilateral hemorrhagic temporal encephalitis. J Neurol 267, 852–854 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-09706-6

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