Syphilis: An update

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-211

  Goldmeier, David ^a   Guallar, Cristina ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NEUROSYPHILIS; REAGIN TEST; REVIEW; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0038787856     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-3-209     Document Type: Review

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