neurosyphilis/potassium

Potassium penicillin G was administered intravenously 4 times daily in doses of 6 million u for 10 days to 49 patients, 36 with central nervous system syphilis and 13 with latent seroresistant syphilis. Forty six patients were followed up after treatment. In 16 patients with central nervous system

We reported a 32-year-old man with general paresis. He showed slowly progressive bradykinesia and recent memory loss. Argyll Robertson pupils were not present. Muscle strength and sensations were normal except for slight vibratory disturbance. Tendon reflexes were slightly exaggerated. MMSE, HDS-R

A 52-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to drop attack accompanied with progressive right hand's clumsiness and recent memory impairment. Neurological examination revealed postural involuntary movement of the right hand, and impaired finger fine movements. He showed mild mental

BACKGROUND Dementias are fairly slowly progressive degenerative diseases of brain for which treatment options are very less and carry a lot of burden on family and society. A small percentage of them are rapidly progressive and mostly carry a different course outcome. However, there are no definite

We report a case of young immunocompetent woman who was presented with a left parieto-temporal mass as the first and single manifestation of syphilis. A 23 year-old woman with no significant past medical history was reffered to our hospital due to 3 month history of headache. She had a single