A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF SYPHILIS SEROPOSITIVITY IN A COHORT OF DEMENTED PATIENTS

被引：7
作者：
POWELL, AL
COYNE, AC
JEN, L
机构：
[1] UMDNJ,COMMUNITY HLTH CTR PISCATAWAY,COPSA INST ALZHEIMERS DIS & RELATED DISORDERS,PISCATAWAY,NJ
[2] UNIV MED & DENT NEW JERSEY,DIV GERIATR PSYCHIAT,NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ
来源：
ALZHEIMER DISEASE & ASSOCIATED DISORDERS | 1993年 / 7卷 / 01期
关键词：
DEMENTIA; ELDERLY; FTA-ABS; NEUROSYPHILIS; SYPHILIS;
D O I：
10.1097/00002093-199307010-00004
中图分类号：
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
A retrospective study of 376 patients with dementia was performed to determine the rate of syphilis seropositivity. Subjects were seen over a 2.5-year period and received medical, social, psychiatric, neurological, and laboratory evaluations. Mean age was 74 years and 73% were women. Diagnoses included Alzheimer's disease (AD; 29.8%), vascular dementia (VascD; 24.7%), combined AD/VascD (14.3%), and other diagnoses (31.2%). Dementia was moderately advanced with a mean Folstein Mini-Mental State Score of 16. Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption tests (FA) were performed on 338 of the patients with 10.9% being reactive. Two of nine subjects with reactive FA's had reactive rapid plasma reagin tests.
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页码：33 / 38
页数：6
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