Symptomatic seizures in neurosyphilis: An experience from a University Hospital in south India

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 711-716

  Sinha, S ^a   Harish, T ^a   Taly, A B ^a   Murthy, P ^a   Nagarathna, S ^a   Chandramuki, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

CSF VDRL; HIV and syphilis; Neurosyphilis; Seizures; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STROKE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549130453     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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