Neurosyphilis during the AIDS epidemic, San Francisco, 1985-1992

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 931-940

  Flood, Jennifer M ^a   Weinstock, Hillard S ^b   Guroy, Mary Ellen ^d   Bayne, Lydia ^c   Simon, Roger P ^c   Bolan, Gail ^e  

^a Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Infectious Diseases Associates   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 0031981030     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515245     Document Type: Article

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