Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis in late latent syphilis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-208

  Tsimpida, M ^a,c   Low, L C M ^a   Posner, E ^a   Goh, B T ^b   Westcott, M ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorioretinitis; Late latent syphilis; Ocular syphilis; Posterior uveitis

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE;

ACUTE SYPHILITIC POSTERIOR PLACOID CHORIORETINITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHORIORETINITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; SYPHILIS, LATENT; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR;

EID: 62249153993     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008283     Document Type: Article

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