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Neurosyphilis  

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  • Infections of the central nervous system caused by TREPONEMA PALLIDUM which present with a variety of clinical syndromes. The initial phase of infection usually causes a mild or asymptomatic meningeal reaction. The meningovascular form may present acutely as BRAIN INFARCTION. The infection may also remain subclinical for several years. Late syndromes include general paresis; TABES DORSALIS; meningeal syphilis; syphilitic OPTIC ATROPHY; and spinal syphilis. General paresis is characterized by progressive DEMENTIA; DYSARTHRIA; TREMOR; MYOCLONUS; SEIZURES; and Argyll-Robertson pupils. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp722-8)

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Etiquetas alternativas

  • Central Nervous System Syphilis
  • Syphilis, Central Nervous System
  • Syphilis, CNS

En otras lenguas

  • francés

  • Neuro-syphilis
  • Syphilis du SNC
  • Syphilis du système nerveux central
  • Syphilis nerveuse

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