Contribution of long-bone radiographs to the management of congenital syphilis in the newborn infant

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-357

  Moyer, Virginia A ^a,c   Schneider, Virginia ^b   Yetman, Robert ^a   Garcia Prats, Joseph ^b   Parks, Deborah ^a   Cooper, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0031899692     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.4.353     Document Type: Article

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