Cerebrospinal Fluid Abnormalities in Patients with Syphilis: Association with Clinical and Laboratory Features

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-376

  Marra, Christina M ^a,k   Maxwell, Clare L ^a   Smith, Stacy L ^a,i   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a   Rompalo, Anne M ^b   Eaton, Molly ^c   Stoner, Bradley P ^d   Augenbraun, Michael ^e   Barker, David E ^f   Corbett, James J ^h   Zajackowski, Mark ^g   Raines, Charles ^b   Nerad, Judith ^f   Kee, Romina ^f,g   Barnett, Scott H ^b,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^f Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^g Chicago Department of Health   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Corus Pharma Inc ^*  (United States)

^j BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RISK FACTOR; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; REAGINS; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 10744224897     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381227     Document Type: Article

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