Neurosyphilis is unlikely in patients with late latent syphilis and a negative blood VDRL test

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 335-339

  Wöhrl, Stefan ^a,b   Geusau, Alexandra ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis; Lumbar puncture; Neurosyphilis; Screening; Syphilis; VDRL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33746498403     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0092     Document Type: Article

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