Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Cognition,
behavior, and pupillary reflex in neurosyphilis-associated movement disorder
Journal: Annals
of Movement Disorders
Year: 2021
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Developing countries are still struggling with a
significant burden of neurosyphilis as pointed out by Mishra and Pandey.
Nevertheless, the numbers of patients affected by syphilis in the central
nervous system are also increasing in some developed countries such as Canada
and Australia. A Canadian author reported a change in the incidence of
neurosyphilis from 4.7 to 17.0 per 100,000 in less than 10 years. In Australia,
similar to Canada, a rise in the neurosyphilis incidence was seen, but mainly
in the indigenous population. Therefore, worldwide general practitioners should
be aware of possible atypical presentations of neurosyphilis.
Keywords: Cognition, behavior, pupillary
reflex, neurosyphilis
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DOI
10.4103/AOMD.AOMD_61_20
Citation
Rissardo
JP, Caprara AL. Cognition, behavior, and
pupillary reflex in neurosyphilis-associated movement disorder. Ann Mov Disord
2021;4:48-9
