Treatment of psychiatric symptoms associated with neurosyphilis

Psychosomatics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 440-445

  Sanchez, Francis M ^a   Zisselman, Marc H ^b  

^a G Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; DONEPEZIL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; PENICILLIN G; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 34548216797     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.5.440     Document Type: Letter

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