Tertiary hepatitic syphilis. A treatable cause of multinodular liver

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 447-450

  Maincent, Gilles ^b   Labadie, Héléne ^a   Fabre, Monique ^b   Novello, Pierre ^b   Derghal, Khelifa ^b   Patriarche, Catherine ^b   Licht, Henri ^b  

^a Hepatogastroenterology Department   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

hepatic gummata; tertiary syphilis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0030614813     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018855011180     Document Type: Article

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