Otosyphilis: A review of 85 cases

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-71

  Yimtae, Kwanchanok ^a   Srirompotong, Somchai ^a   Lertsukprasert, Krisna ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; OTOSYPHILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845949607     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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