Otoayphilis: Report on six cases

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-434

  Klemm, E ^a   Wollina, U ^a  

^a ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deafness; Diagnosis; Otosyphilis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; EAR INFECTION; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TINNITUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; HEARING LOSS; INNER EAR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS;

EID: 3242793593     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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