Syphilis in London circa 2004: New challenges from an old disease

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1045-1046

  Cross, A ^a   Luck, S ^a   Patey, R ^a   Sharland, M ^a   Rice, P ^a   Chakraborty, R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 26044436596     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.069377     Document Type: Article

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