Neurosyphilis presenting with dementia, chronic chorioretinitis and adverse reactions to treatment: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Mehrabian, Shima ^a   Raycheva, Margarita Radoslavova ^a   Petrova, Elena Petrova ^b   Tsankov, Nikolay Konstantinov ^b   Traykov, Latchezar Dintchov ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEARING LOSS; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HOIGNE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROSYPHILIS; TINNITUS;

EID: 77953402430     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-8334     Document Type: Article

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