Diagnosis of neurosyphilis: Appraisal of clinical caseload

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 528-532

  Rodgers, C A ^a   Murphy, S ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Neurosyphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TABES DORSALIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

EID: 79960012062     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.6.528     Document Type: Article

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