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NEUROSYPHILIS [1 record]

Record 1 2002-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Human Diseases
DEF

Syphilis involving the central nervous system.

OBS

The clinical manifestations of neurosyphilis are divided into acute syphilitic meningitis, cerebrovascular syphilis, syphilitic dementia (general paresis), and tabes dorsalis. These entities, however, overlap clinically.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Maladies humaines
OBS

Les lésions de la syphilis tertiaire peuvent affecter le système nerveux central, dans ce cas, on parle de neurosyphilis dont les symptômes évocateurs sont d'ordre psychologique (troubles comportementaux, démence).

Spanish

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