Ocular manifestations and treatment of syphilis

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Kiss, Szilárd ^a   Damico, Francisco Max ^a   Young, Lucy H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Eye; Review; Syphilis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHORIORETINITIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATITIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPIROCHETE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UVEITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 27144517602     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530500232092     Document Type: Review

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