PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Giles, A J
TI  - Tabes dorsalis progressing to general paresis after 20 years despite routine penicillin therapy.
AID  - 10.1136/sti.56.6.368
DP  - 1980 Dec 01
TA  - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
PG  - 368--371
VI  - 56
IP  - 6
4099  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/56/6/368.short
4100  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/56/6/368.full
SO  - Br J Vener Dis1980 Dec 01; 56
AB  - A man with a history of treatment for early syphilis presented with tabes dorsalis. Despite receiving a course of penicillin accepted as adequate by the World Health Organisation the illness progressed to tabo-paresis after 20 years. Reinfection cannot be excluded.