Syphilitic myelitis: Rare, nonspecific, but treatable

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 673-675

  Chilver Stainer, L ^a   Fischer, U ^a   Hauf, M ^a   Fux, C A ^a   Sturzenegger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; SYPHILITIC MYELITIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TABES DORSALIS;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; TABES DORSALIS;

EID: 61849104040     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000342460.07764.5c     Document Type: Article

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