Differential diagnosis of mesiotemporal lesions: Case report of neurosyphilis

Neuroradiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 664-667

  Vieira Santos, A ^a   Matias, S ^a   Saraiva, P ^a   Goulao A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mesial temporal lesions; MRI; Neurosyphilis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PENICILLIN G; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 26044479721     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-005-1414-4     Document Type: Article

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