Neurosyphilis as a cause of cognitive decline and psychiatric symptoms at younger age

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 41-42

  Keskin, G ^a   Sunter, G ^a   Midi, I ^a   Tuncer, N ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRYING; DELUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORIENTATION; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MANIA; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLILALIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 84858016859     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.23.4.e41     Document Type: Letter

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