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Original Article

Syphilitic perioptic neuritis in an HIV-seropositive patient: A case report and VEP study

W. van Paesschen The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Neurology, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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L. H. Mylin The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Neurology, VEP Laboratory, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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M. Tagliati The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Neurology, VEP Laboratory, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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J. Sherman Schnurmacher Institute of Visual Science, State University of New York, College of Optometry, 100 East 24th Street, New York, NY, 10010, USA
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I. Bodis-wollner The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Neurology, VEP Laboratory, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA; State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA
Pages 271-275 | Accepted 24 Apr 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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