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Psychosis with syphilitic meningo-encephalitis (general paresis) eight months after chancre

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    The literature on the incubation period of general paresis has been reviewed.

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    A case of general paresis with a proven incubation period of eight months has been presented.

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    It is urged that spinal fluid examination be done early in the course of the disease so that cases such as the one described here may receive early fever treatment.

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  1. Brooklyn State Hospital, 681 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

    Mark Zeifert M. D.

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Zeifert, M. Psychosis with syphilitic meningo-encephalitis (general paresis) eight months after chancre. Psych Quar 13, 449–456 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01562849

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