A case of secondary syphilis presenting as optic neuritis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-367

  Di Poggio, Monica Bandettini ^a   Primavera, Alberto ^a   Capello, Elisabetta ^a   Bandini, Fabio ^a   Mazzarello, Giovanni ^a   Viscoli, Claudio ^a   Schenone, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Neurosyphilis; Ocular manifestation; Optic neuritis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYE SWELLING; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEURITIS; PENICILLIN G; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955883717     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0222-8     Document Type: Article

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