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Late Diagnosis of Early Disseminated Lyme Disease: Perplexing Symptoms in a Gardener
Brooke E. Salzman, Amber Stonehouse and James Studdiford
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2008, 21 (3) 234-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.03.070196
Brooke E. Salzman
Amber Stonehouse
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Vol. 21, Issue 3
May-June 2008
Late Diagnosis of Early Disseminated Lyme Disease: Perplexing Symptoms in a Gardener
Brooke E. Salzman, Amber Stonehouse, James Studdiford
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2008, 21 (3) 234-236; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.03.070196
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