Veenendaal-Hilbers J A, Perquin W V, Hoogland P H, Doornbos L
Department of Neurology, Westeinde Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Neurology. 1988 Aug;38(8):1317-9. doi: 10.1212/wnl.38.8.1317.
We present two cases in which a meningovasculitis and occlusion of the basilar artery were found in young adults with a Borrelia burgdorferi infection. We introduce the designation "neuroborreliosis," because both the central and peripheral nervous systems can be involved in the infection.
