Neurosyphilis presenting with dementia, chronic chorioretinitis and adverse reactions to treatment: a case report

Neurosyphilis results from infection of the brain, meninges or spinal cord by Treponema pallidum and develops in about 25%-40% of persons who are not treated for syphilis. This article reports a rare case of active neurosyphilis with mild dementia, chronic chorioretinitis, and hearing loss. During t...

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Autores principales: Mehrabian, Shima, Raycheva, Margarita Radoslavova, Petrova, Elena Petrova, Tsankov, Nikolay Konstantinov, Traykov, Latchezar Dintchov
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918420
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8334

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918420
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8334

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