Comparison of intrathecal synthesis of Treponema pallidumspecific IgG antibodies and polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-305

  Moskophidis, Matthäus ^a   Peters, Stefan ^a  

^a Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSYPHILIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUROSYPHILIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030111502     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80063-6     Document Type: Article

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