Otosyphilis mimics immune disorders of the inner ear

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 679-684

  García Berrocal, José Ramón ^a   Górriz, Carmen ^a   Ramírez Camacho, Rafael ^a   Trinidad, Almudena ^a   Ibáñez, Andrés ^a   Rodríguez Valiente, Antonio ^a   González, José Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune inner ear disease; Hearing loss; Immune response; Lymphocytes; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNER EAR DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; OTOSYPHILIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SYPHILIS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OTOLOGICAL; EAR DISEASES; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY-ABSORPTION TEST; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 33745726820     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500491994     Document Type: Article

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