Unilateral syphilitic perioptic neuritis in a patient coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-184

  Basta, Medhat S T ^a   Sankar, K Nathan ^a   Dayan, Margaret ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PENICILLIN G, PROCAINE; SYPHILIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 34347220557     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.024067     Document Type: Article

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