Polymerase chain reaction: A useful adjunct to the diagnosis of syphilis. Technical note and preliminary results;Polymerase chain reaction: Un'utile novità nella diagnosi della sifilide. Nota tecnica e risultati preliminari

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-80

  Alessi, E ^a   Ghislanzoni, M ^a   Scioccati, L ^a   Venegoni, L ^a   Merlo, V ^a   Cusaro, C ^a   Cusini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DARK FIELD MICROSCOPY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; EXUDATE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINFECTION; SKIN ULCER; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 2542489550     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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