Shakespeare's chancre: Did the bard have syphilis?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-404

  Ross, John J ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ALOPECIA; ANASARCA; ART; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; TREMOR;

DRAMA; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MERCURY POISONING; SYPHILIS;

EID: 13444252259     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427288     Document Type: Review

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