Central nervous system infection in congenital syphilis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 1792-1798

  Michelow, Ian C ^a   Wendel Jr , George D ^a   Norgard, Michael V ^a   Zeray, Fiker ^a   Kristine Leos, N ^a   Alsaadi, Rajiha ^a   Sánchez, Pablo J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RABBITS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0037030699     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa012684     Document Type: Article

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