Clinical presentation and imaging of general paresis due to neurosyphilis in patients negative for human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-310

  Yu, Yingxin ^a   Wei, Mengqi ^a   Huang, Yuangui ^a   Jiang, Wen ^a   Liu, Xuedong ^a   Xia, Feng ^a   Li, Deshuai ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EEG; General paresis; MRI; Neurosyphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; PARESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 75349109277     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.07.092     Document Type: Article

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