Congenital syphilis and fluorescent treponemal antibody test reactivity after the age of 1 year

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 412-416

  Rawstron, Sarah A ^a   Mehta, Swati ^a   Marcellino, Linda ^a   Rempel, James ^a   Chery, Florence ^a   Bromberg, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0034964482     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200107000-00009     Document Type: Article

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