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Review of the Recent Literature

HERMAN BEERMAN, M.D.; IRA L. SCHAMBERG, M.D.; LESLIE NICHOLAS, M.D.; MARVIN S. GREENBERG, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1957;99(6):932-954.

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Clinical Manifestations

Much new material on clinical syphilis has been reported on during this review period. The chief interest, however, has centered on the later aspects of the disease, notably cardiovascular.

Early Syphilis.

—Richter ¹¹³ analyzed the time of infection of 257 females with primary and secondary syphilis in relation to the phase of the menstrual cycle. The fewest infections were seen late in the menstrual cycle when corpus luteum hormone was at its height. The largest number of infections were seen in the early part of the cycle when follicular hormone was elevated.

Alopecia Areata Due to Syphilis.

—Behrman and Wild ¹¹⁴ reported in detail a case of alopecia areata which they ascribed to syphilis. In our opinion, their diagnosis must be questioned, since their patient lacked all other manifestations of secondary syphilis and their report did not include any data on the response to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Philadelphia With the Collaboration of T. Guthe, M.D., and C. J. Hackett, M.D., Geneva, Switzerland

From the University of Pennsylvania Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine (Dr. Pillsbury, Professor), and Graduate School of Medicine (Dr. Beerman, Chairman), and from the Venereal Disease Control Section, Division of Preventive Medicine, Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Dr. Lentz, Chief).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 5, 1956.

Dr. Guthe and Dr. Hackett are with the World Health Organization.