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. 2015 Feb;91(1):68.
doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051778.

After Venus, mercury: syphilis treatment in the UK before Salvarsan

Adriane Gelpi  1 , Joseph D Tucker  2
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After Venus, mercury: syphilis treatment in the UK before Salvarsan

Adriane Gelpi et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2015 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SCIENCE; SYPHILIS.

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Competing interests None.

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