Sharp increase in the number of syphilis cases in the Netherlands: Early recognition and treatment is of great importance;Sterke toename van het aantal syfilispatiënten in Nederland: Vroegtijdige herkenning en behandeling van groot belang

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 1221-1226

  Schippers, E F ^a   Van Dam, A P ^a   Lavrijsen, A P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PENICILLIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

EID: 3042592560     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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