Is it useful to perform a chest X-ray in asymptomatic patients with late latent syphilis?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-106

  Dabis, R ^a   Radcliffe, K ^a  

^a GU Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular syphilis; Chest X ray; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NEGRO; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALITY; SYPHILIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SYPHILIS, LATENT;

EID: 79953212627     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010248     Document Type: Article

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