Neurosyphilis: A Comparative Study of the Effects of Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 243-249

  Katz, Debra A ^a   Berger, Joseph R ^a   Duncan, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROSYPHILIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027478281     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1993.00540030009006     Document Type: Article

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