Neurosyphilis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 606-613

  Simon, Roger P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; GENERAL PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MENINGOVASCULAR SYPHILIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSYPHILIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TABES DORSALIS; THERAPY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PENICILLINS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TABES DORSALIS; TREPONEMA IMMOBILIZATION TEST;

EID: 0021840467     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1985.04060060112021     Document Type: Article

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