Assertion: syphilis | /r/Causes | dementia
Facets:
value: before the advent of penicillin
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: It is the second leading cause of stillbirth and miscarriage worldwide, and if left untreated it can cause strokes, dementia, and other ...
text: In the tertiary stage, syphilis might attack the heart, nervous system and brain, and it can cause blindness, dementia, deafness, paralysis and death.
text: Before the advent of penicillin, the disease was known to cause muscle weakness, dementia, blindness, and even death.