When to think about neurosyphilis?;Neurosyphilis: Quand faut-il y penser?

Revue du Praticien

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 396-399

  Grivois, Jean Philippe ^b   Caumes, Éric ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROSYPHILIS; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN G;

EID: 1642366380     PISSN: 00352640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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