Neurosyphilis in the modern era

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1727-1730

  Timmermans, M ^b   Carr, J ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STROKE; TABES DORSALIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10044271174     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.031922     Document Type: Review

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