Finding neurosyphilis without the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 392-394

  Maclean, Sumner ^a   Luger, Anton ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSYPHILIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 0029839781     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199609000-00008     Document Type: Article

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