Lues maligna

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 625-627

  Watson, K M T ^a   White, J M L ^a   Salisbury, J R ^a   Creamer, D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PROZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LUES MALIGNA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 9644304448     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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