Neurosyphilis and Penicillin Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 236, Issue 19, 1976, Pages 2208-2209

  Mohr, John A ^a   Griffiths, William ^a   Jackson, Roger ^a,b   Saadah, Hannah ^a   Bird, Philip ^a   Riddle, Joseph ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG THERAPY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERAPY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN G;

EID: 84942187926     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1976.03270200046031     Document Type: Article

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