Initially unrecognized dementia in a young man with neurosyphilis

Neurologist

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-97

  Lee, Chen Hsiang ^a   Lin, Wei Che ^b   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^c   Liu, Jien Wei ^a,d  

^a Section of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

^b Department of d'Agnostic Radiology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Neuroimaging; Neurosyphilis; Young dementia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN G; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 63449107167     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31817781c9     Document Type: Article

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