Syphilis: An update

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-333

  Lee, Vincent ^a   Kinghorn, George ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROSCOPY; NEUROSYPHILIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 46949095456     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-3-330     Document Type: Short Survey

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