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 ...

Tabes dorsalis is a late expression of untreated syphilis and is characterized by a triad of clinical symptoms namely gait unsteadiness, lightning pains and urinary incontinence. It occurs due to a ...