Uveitis heralding previously unknown luetic and HIV infection: syphilitic uveitis in an Italian referral center

Uveitis heralding previously unknown luetic and HIV infection: syphilitic uveitis in an Italian referral center

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to determine the incidence of luetic uveitis in the last seven years at our uveitis center and to describe the characteristics and the role of uveitis in the diagnosis of syphilitic infection with or without unknown HIV infection. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewe...

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Main Authors: Lucia Restivo, Alessandro Abbouda, Chiara Nardella, Alice Bruscolini, Maria Pia Pirraglia, Paola Pivetti Pezzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Subjects:
HIV
syphilis
uveitis
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712013000200005&lng=en&tlng=en

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