Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA by polymerase chain reaction in synovial fluid from patients with Lyme arthritis.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 27, 1994

Authors

J J Nocton1, F Dressler, B J Rutledge, P N Rys, D H Persing, A C Steere

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1: Division of Rheumatology/Immunology, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.

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