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Central Nervous System Syphilis,Syphilis, CNS,Syphilis, Central Nervous System,Neurosyphilis, Asymptomatic,Asymptomatic Neurosyphilis,Neurosyphilis, Gummatous,Gummatous Neurosyphilis,General Paralysis,General Paralyses,Paralyses, General,General Paresis of the Insane,Paretic Neurosyphilis,Neurosyphilis, Paretic,Paralysis, General,General Paresis,General Pareses,Pareses, General,Paresis, General,Neurosyphilis, Secondary,Secondary Neurosyphilis,Neurosyphilis, Symptomatic,Juvenile Paresis,Juvenile Pareses,Pareses, Juvenile,Paresis, Juvenile,Neurosyphilis, Juvenile,Juvenile Neurosyphilis
Description
Neurosyphilis: 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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