Sensorineural hearing loss due to secondary syphilis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 355-356

  Jeans, Adam R ^a   Wilkins, E G L ^a   Bonington, A ^a  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neurosyphilis; Otosyphilis; Sensorineural hearing loss; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EAR DISEASES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 44349112339     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007221     Document Type: Article

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