Malawista S E
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
Rheumatol Int. 1989;9(3-5):233-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00271887.
The etiology and pathogenesis of Lyme disease are reviewed and the value of the condition as a human model for an infectious etiology of rheumatic disease is discussed. Similarities between Lyme disease and rheumatoid arthritis are considered.