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A CASE REPORT OF DEMENTIA PARALYTICA
Journal: University Journal of Medicine and Medical Specialities (Vol.5, No. 5)Publication Date: 2019-08-26
Authors : BAKYARAJ R RAMASAMY;
Page : 9-11
Keywords : Neurosyphilis; Treponema pallidum; Dementia paralytica;
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Abstract
General paresis is the manifestation of parenchymatous neurosyphilis sometimes referred as dementia paralytica (1), which accounted for around 20 percent of psychiatric illness in the preantibiotic era.(2) Its different forms are- progressive dementia form, manic form, depressive form and paranoid form.(3) Here we present a patient of neurosyphilis who came to our hospital with features of dementia.
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