Neuroimaging findings in neurosyphilis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 286-289

  Fadil, Halim ^a   Gonzalez Toledo, Eduardo ^a   Kelley, Bradford J ^a   Kelley, Roger E ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesial temporal sclerosis; Neuroimaging; Neurosyphilis; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; FOSINOPRIL; HYDROXYZINE; INDOMETACIN; INSULIN; ISOPHANE INSULIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN;

ACIDURIA; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSYPHILIS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; SYMPTOM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE MATTER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS;

EID: 33748460545     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2006.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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