Gender Differences in XXXX .

@entity1 @entity32 @entity9144 @entity16 @entity2103 @entity10
UNASSIGNED: Background. Many @entity16 show differences between genders. We studied gender differences in childhood @entity9144 ( @entity9144 ) in an endemic area of Lyme borreliosis in Norway. Methods. In a population based study, all @entity1 (<14 years of age) with symptoms suspicious of @entity9144 , including all @entity1 with acute @entity2103 , were evaluated for @entity9144 by medical history, clinical examination, blood tests, and lumbar puncture. @entity9144 was diagnosed according to international criteria. Results. 142 @entity1 were diagnosed with @entity9144 during 2001-2009. @entity2103 was more common in @entity1 (86%) than in @entity1 (62%) (p < 0.001), but @entity10 and/or neck stiffness as the only symptom was more common in @entity1 (30%) than in @entity1 (10%) (p = 0.003). The @entity1 were younger than @entity1 and had a shorter duration of symptoms, but @entity1 had a higher level of pleocytosis than @entity1 . In a multivariate analysis, both gender and having @entity10 and neck stiffness were associated with a higher level of pleocytosis. Conclusion. @entity1 and @entity1 have different clinical presentations of @entity9144 , and @entity1 have a higher level of @entity32 than @entity1 independent of the clinical presentation.
