| 1. | His name became associated with pleural effusion and with tabes dorsalis.
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| 2. | He is also credited for providing an early description of tabes dorsalis.
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| 3. | In 1904 he obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on eye changes associated with tabes dorsalis.
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| 4. | He completed his doctorate on the subject of " tabes dorsalis " in 1885.
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| 5. | Meningovascular syphilis typically presents with apathy and seizure, and general paresis with dementia and tabes dorsalis.
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| 6. | He made early observations associated with syphilis to tabes dorsalis ( nerve fiber and nerve cell degeneration ).
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| 7. | In his research of tabes dorsalis, he tried to find the link between this condition and syphilis.
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| 8. | He wrote articles on a wide array of medical topics, including works on tabes dorsalis and poliomyelitis.
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| 9. | The term " Pitres'sign " refers to hypoesthesia of the scrotum and testicles in tabes dorsalis.
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| 10. | Romberg s contribution to neurology, and his establishing tabes dorsalis as a distinctive disease were of crucial importance.
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