The use of Western blotting as the confirmatory test for syphilis in patients with rheumatic disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2448-2453

  Murphy, Frederick T ^a   George, Robert ^b   Kubota, Kristy ^b   Fears, Martha ^b   Pope, Victoria ^b   Howard, Robin S ^b   Dennis, Gregory J ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluorescent treponemal antibody test; Rapid plasma reagin; Syphilis; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Venereal Disease Research Laboratory; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032732071     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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