DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL KERATITIS IN ACQUIRED SYPHILIS.
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Third-generation syphilis and bilateral interstitial keratitis occurring in all the surviving members of two generations.
Physicians who have the opportunity of studying the results of a syphilitic infection on family units as well as on individuals must, on occasion, be forced to inquire how often and how seriously is third generation lues sought out, and whether third generation disease is as rare as is generally supposed. During the last 3 years I have encountered several cases of syphilis which I feel cannot b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1908
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1908.25410040024001h