Borrelia burgdorferi and Localized SclerodermaTo the Editor.\p=m-\Abereret al,1 in Austria, have suggested that morphea might be related to Borrelia burgdorferi infection. These authors found antibodies to B burgdorferi in five of ten patients with morphea in one study and eight of 15 patients in another study, which used the enzyme\x=req-\ linked immunosorbent assay.2 Patients and Methods.\p=m-\Wetested for antibodies to B burgdorferi in 17 patients (15 women and two men; mean age, 38.8 years) with a history of four months to 13 years of localized scleroderma.
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