Tabes dorsalis is characterized by a slow degeneration of the nerve cells and nerve fibres that carry sensory information to the brain. These degenerating nerves are located in the dorsal columns of ...
THE morphine alkaloids have had little success in controlling posterior-root pains in tabes dorsalis. Because of this a case in which a tabetic patient was relieved by intravenous administration of ...
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When a person gets syphilis infection and doesn’t get it treated, it could lead to a slowly progressive degeneration of the spinal cord, known as tabes dorsalis. Tabes is a Latin word, meaning decay.