Endemic Syphilis: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

nonvenereal syphilis of children, sibbens, radseyege, siti, therlijevo, njovera, frenjak, Treponema pallidum subsp endemicum, T pallidum subsp endemicum, nonvenereal endemic syphilis Bejel, non-venereal endemic syphilis Bejel

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Hassan I Galadari, MD, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University
Hassan I Galadari, MD, MBBS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, American Medical Student Association/Foundation, and American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
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Ibrahim Galadari, MD, MB, BCh, MSc, Professor of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University
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