Three cases of psychiatric manifestations of neurosyphilis

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 830-832

  Sobhan, Tanveer ^a   Rowe, Heather M ^b   Ryan, William G ^c   Munoz, Cesar ^d  

^a Faith Regional Health Services   (United States)

^b Greil Memorial Psychiatric Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELUSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; VIOLENCE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 6344223046     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.7.830     Document Type: Article

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