Chorea as the presentating feature of neurosyphilis

Serkan Ozben; Canan Erol; Feriha Ozer; Raziye Tiras

doi:10.4103/0028-3886.53277

	Open access journal indexed with Index Medicus
	Users online: 4621

Home | Login

Editorial board

Navigate Here

ť Next article

ť Previous article

ť Table of Contents

Resource Links

ť Similar in PUBMED

ť Search Pubmed for

ť Search in Google Scholar for

ťRelated articles

ť Citation Manager

ť Access Statistics

ť Reader Comments

ť Email Alert *

ť Add to My List *

* Requires registration (Free)

Article Access Statistics

Viewed	5340

Printed	174

Emailed	2

PDF Downloaded	267

Comments	[Add]

Cited by others	14

Click on image for details.

CASE REPORT

Year : 2009 | Volume : 57 | Issue : 3 | Page : 347--349

Chorea as the presentating feature of neurosyphilis

Serkan Ozben¹, Canan Erol¹, Feriha Ozer², Raziye Tiras¹
¹ Department of Neurology, Haseki Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
² Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic, Haseki Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Correspondence Address:
Feriha Ozer
Atakoy 9, Kisim A14-B D:138, Istanbul
Turkey

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

Check

DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.53277

Syphilis is still a significant public health problem in developing countries. Although chorea is a very rare manifestation of neurosyphilis, it might be on occasions the initial symptom. This report presents a patients with neurosyphilis who had chorea as the initial presenting symptom.

[FULL TEXT] [PDF]*

Online since 20^th March '04

Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow