TABES DORSALIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PRIMARY OPTIC ATROPHY*t
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For many years, dating back to about 1930, neurosyphilis in general and primary optic atrophy of syphilitic origin in particular have been the subjects of special interest and repeated study in the Syphilis Division of the Department of Medicine and the Department of Ophthalmology of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. As to optic atrophy, Moore, Woods, and myself are responsible for the concepts and data upon which the following remarks are based.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004