Abstract:The prevalence of syphilis in chronic alcoholics and the hepatic clinical and biochemical alterations were evaluated in patients with both entities. The prevalence of syphilis in patients with other psychiatric diagnosis was taken as control. The patients were asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic with respect to hepatic alcoholic dysfunction or to any manifestation of the three clinical stages of syphilis. Alcoholics (206 patients) and patients with other psychiatric conditions (228 patients) were submitted to cli… Show more
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