Cerebral syphilitic gumma in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1310-1311

  Régal, Luc ^b   Demaerel, Philippe ^b   Dubois, Bénédicte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN EDEMA; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 23844507184     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.8.1310     Document Type: Article

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