Neurosyphilis in the age of AIDS: Clinical and laboratory features

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 465-470

  Gitaí, Lívia Leite Góes ^a   Jaláli, Paulo Samandar ^a   Takayanagui, Osvaldo Massaiti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Central nervous system infections; Cerebrospinal fluid; Neurosyphilis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DELUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOLIPINS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449528417     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0134-7     Document Type: Article

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