THE FREQUENCY OF SYPHILITIC PRIMARY OPTIC ATROPHY IN DEMENTIA PARALYTICA : A Clinico-Anatomic Study

WALTER L. BRUETSCHAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 104, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.11.725

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Complete syphilitic optic atrophy in dementia paralytica, including taboparalysis, has been observed in 2%. Incipient and intermediate stages of optic atrophy are much more frequent and have been found in 62.5%, on histologic examination, of the optic pathways of 32 general paralytic patients.

There is no convincing evidence that syphilitic primary optic atrophy occurs with so much greater frequency in taboparalysis than in general paralysis, as has been reported in the literature.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 104 • Number 11 • May 1948

Pages: 725 - 729

PubMed: 18864981

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Published in print: May 1948

Published online: 1 April 2006

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WALTER L. BRUETSCH

The Research Department, Central State Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind., The Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine.

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THE FREQUENCY OF SYPHILITIC PRIMARY OPTIC ATROPHY IN DEMENTIA PARALYTICA : A Clinico-Anatomic Study

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