Neurosyphilis: Screening does sometimes reveal an infectious cause of dementia

Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 61-62

  Polsky, I ^a   Samuels, S C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; PARESIS; TABES DORSALIS; MASS SCREENING; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN G; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0034960851     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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