Altered clinical presentation of early syphilis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 94-99

  Hutchinson, Catherine M ^a   Hook III, Edward W ^b   Shepherd, Mary ^c   Verley, Janice ^c   Rompalo, Anne M ^a,c  

^a Richard Starr Ross Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

EID: 0028200012     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-121-2-199407150-00003     Document Type: Article

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