Obstacles in the diagnosis and treatment of syphilitic amyotrophy

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 509-511

  Etgen, Thorleif ^a   Bischoff, C ^a   Resch, M ^a   Winbeck, K ^a   Conrad, B ^a   Sander, D ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 0037432009     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000046584.72672.D3     Document Type: Article

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