A prospective study of the influence of HIV status on the seroreversion of serological tests for syphilis

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-369

  Janier, M ^a   Chastang, C ^a   Spindler, E ^a   Strazzi, S ^a   Rabian, C ^a   Marcelli, A ^a   Morel, P ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

FTA Abs test; HIV infection; Syphilis; TPHA; VDRL test

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STAGING; SYPHILIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; CARDIOLIPINS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY-ABSORPTION TEST; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032767734     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018149     Document Type: Article

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