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KMID : 0616620090150010117
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Journal of Soonchunhyang Medical College
2009 Volume.15 No. 1 p.117 ~ p.123
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Neurosyphilis in Human lrnmunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons
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Jeon Won-Seon
Jeon Min-Hyok
Park Jin-Sung
Choo Eun-Ju
Kim Tae-Hyong
Cho A-Ra
Lee Eun-Jeong
Yoo Kwai-Han
Wang Dong-Hyun
Oh Tae-Yeon
Catherine Jee Wan Wee
Youn Seo-Young
Seo Mi-Seon
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Abstract
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The synergistic infection of syphilis and HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) infection is a re-emerging problem of global health after AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) era. lleglected treatment of syphilis in HIV-positive patients may lead to increased chance of HIV transmission in community and neglected screening of HIV in syphilis patients may delay diagnosis of HIV which now become a controllable chronic diseases, HIV-positive persons with syphilis co-infection are more likely to have neurologic complications and a higher rate of treatment failure with currently recommended regimens, And the neurologic manifestations of syphilis in HIV patients tend to occur earlier periods of HIV infection, But neuropsyphilis in HIV patients is still poorly understood, despite ) 2 decades of clinical experiences.
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KEYWORD
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Syphilis, HIV, Neurosyphilis
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