Neurosyphilis in a tertiary care hospital in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-253

  Sethi, Sunil ^a   Das, Anindita ^a   Kakkar, Neerja ^a   Banga, S S ^a   Prabhakar, S ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Neurosyphilis; North India

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; NEUROSYPHILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 27844432142     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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