... in the diagnosis of neurosyphilis and is included in the diagnostic criteria in the guidelines or consensus in regions [ 1‒4 ]. His views on the preanalytical factors of cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte data are very instructive. I strongly agree with the initiative to introduce cell counting method in detail...

...Duyu Ding; Junhua Gao; Wei Zhang; Dongmei Xu Introduction: The gold standard for diagnosing neurosyphilis (NS) is currently unavailable; various laboratory parameters in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood can assist in the diagnosis. Methods: PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched...

... of hallucinations with Mephistopheles-like devilish entities, possibly caused by neurological diseases: in Mann’s case, concerning the main character of Doctor Faustus , caused by neurosyphilis, while for Dostoyevsky, concerning one of the titular Brothers Karamazov , by delirium tremens. In both cases, the authors...

...Yao Xiao; Mei-Jun Chen; Xu Shen; Li-Rong Lin; Li-Li Liu; Tian-Ci Yang; Jian-Jun Niu Introduction: Recently, neurosyphilis was found to be associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). Whether the association was specific to neurosyphilis among central nervous system (CNS) infections, and whether...

...Man-Li Tong; Yu-Yan Chen; Xiao-Zhen Zhu; Kun Gao; Hui-Lin Zhang; Wei-Hong Zheng; Hui-Rong Wang; Li-Li Liu; Yong Lin; Li-Rong Lin; Tian-Ci Yang Background: The differential diagnosis of general paresis (GP) and non-neurosyphilis (NS) dementia is not clearly defined. The present study examined...

.... Dementia General paralysis of the insane History of neurology Malaria fever therapy Neuropsychiatry Neurosyphilis Although research on the history of MFT in GPI patients has been performed in the United States [ 11,12,13 ], Britain [ 14 ,] Scotland [ 6 ,] and Denmark [ 7 ], no historic study...

... of the insane History of neurology Neuropsychiatry Neurosyphilis Patient 1 is a 42-year-old married woman, referred to the VvGI in August 1931. She had a 1-year history of epileptic seizures followed by short periods with difficulties in speaking and swallowing. For several weeks, she believed...

... a greater diagnostic importance to TPI and FTA tests, which give positive results in the blood in 65 and 70% of the cases, respectively. 11 11 1979 16 07 1980 29 1 2008 Neurosyphilis General paresis Tabes dorsalis Lues cerebri Spinal syphilis Serology Cerebrospinal fluid ©...

...Miguel Ángel Conde-Sendín; Raul Amela-Peris; Yolanda Aladro-Benito; Alfonso Angel-Moreno Maroto Background: Neurosyphilis (NS) is nowadays a less frequent disease. Its incidence and clinical spectrum have changed over time. Objective: To estimate the incidence of NS and describe the clinical...