Syphilis and pregnancy. Prenatal control, seroprevalence and false biological positives;Sifilis y embarazo control prenatal, seroprevalencia y falsos biológicos positivos

Medicina

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-347

  Griemberg, Gloria ^a   Ravelli, Maria Rosa ^b   Del Carmen Etcheves, Patricia ^b   Orfus, Gladys ^b   Pizzimenti, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Prenatal screening; Seroprevalence; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

ARGENTINA; AUTOANTIBODIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033641509     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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