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Stroke in a young man with untreated HIV infection and neurosyphilis

Abhay R Venkat, Jason Wenderoth, Louise Evans and Cecilia Cappelen-Smith
Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): . || doi: 10.5694/mja16.00308
Published online: 18 July 2016

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  • All the authors are from Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW


Correspondence: c.cappelensmith@unsw.edu.au

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No relevant disclosures.

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