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Neurosyphilis Presenting as Psychiatric Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Sirota ,
J. Eviatar  and
B. Spivak
P. Sirota
Affiliation:
Yehuda Abarbanel Mental Health Centre, Bat-Yam and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
J. Eviatar
Affiliation:
Geha Psychiatric Hospital
B. Spivak
Affiliation:
Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel
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Abstract

The authors present two patients with neurosyphilis who presented with psychiatric disorders and who both benefited from penicillin therapy. Increases in such cases may be expected.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 559 - 561
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1989 

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