Clinical features and follow-up of congenital syphilis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Lago, Eleonor G ^a   Vaccari, Alessandra ^a   Fiori, Renato M ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN PERIOD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PENICILLIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84872926371     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827bd688     Document Type: Article

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