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We have recently observed two patients with what we would like to call “borrelial dermatomyositis-like syndrome.” In this chapter, we present the two case reports and discuss our findings.
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Detmar, U., Maciejewski, W. (1993). Borrelial Dermatomyositis-like Syndrome. In: Weber, K., Burgdorfer, W., Schierz, G. (eds) Aspects of Lyme Borreliosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77614-4_20
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