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Une neurosyphilis révélée par un tableau psychiatrique

Neurosyphilis revealed by a psychiatric presentation

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Annales françaises de médecine d'urgence

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Hanebali, M., Evrard, G., Gil-Jardiné, C. et al. Une neurosyphilis révélée par un tableau psychiatrique. Ann. Fr. Med. Urgence 6, 327–329 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13341-016-0672-6

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