Neurosyphilis presenting as mania

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-312

  Barbosa, Izabela Guimarães ^a,b   Vale, Thiago Cardoso ^a   de Macedo, Daniela Lino ^a   Gomez, Rodrigo Santiago ^a   Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; General paresis of the insane; Neurosyphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; PENICILLIN G; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR MANIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN G; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84860380507     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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