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Unusual Presentation of Lyme Disease: Horner Syndrome with Negative Serology

Candis Morrison, Ari Seifter and John N. Aucott
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2009, 22 (2) 219-222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.080130
Candis Morrison
From the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
PhD, CRNP
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Ari Seifter
From the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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John N. Aucott
From the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Candis Morrison, Ari Seifter, John N. Aucott
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