Syphilitic aortitis. Experience of an internal medicine unit;Les aortites syphilitiques. Expérience d'un service de médecine interne

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-20

  Revest, M ^a   Decaux, O ^a   Frouget, T ^b   Cazalets, C ^a   Cador, B ^a   Jego P ^a   Grosbois, B ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b Pontchaillou   (France)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 29944434183     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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