Neurosyphilis

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-234

  Madhusudhan, Mohan ^a,b  

^a Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; NEUROSYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; NEUROSYPHILIS;

EID: 67651174579     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.53259     Document Type: Editorial

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