Secondary syphilis with ocular involvement in a 77-year-old man;Fallbeskrivning: Sekundär syfilis med ögonengagemang hos en 77-årig man

Lakartidningen

Volumn 102, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 2399-2400

  Paoli, John ^a   Löwhagen, Gun Britt ^a   Norrsell, Kerstin ^a   Sjödell, Lena ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UVEITIS;

AGED; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANUVEITIS; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 24744460738     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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