National guideline for the management of late syphilis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  French, Patrick ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; FEVER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

CHANCRE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN G, PROCAINE; PENICILLINS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SYPHILIS, LATENT;

EID: 0344994651     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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