Barking up the wrong tree? Use of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose syphilitic aortitis

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 917-918

  O'Regan, A W ^a   Castro, C ^b   Lukehart, S A ^b   Kasznica, J M ^a   Rice, P A ^a   Joyce Brady, M F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MICROORGANISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STANDARD; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AGED; AORTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0036794845     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.10.917     Document Type: Article

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