Syphilis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7585, 2007, Pages 143-147

  French, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LATENT PERIOD; MEDLINE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROSYPHILIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PENICILLINS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33846645897     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39085.518148.BE     Document Type: Review

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