PCR testing for Treponema pallidum in paraffin-embedded skin biopsy specimens: Test design and impact on the diagnosis of syphilis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 390-395

  Behrhof, W ^a   Springer, E ^a   Brauninger W ^a   Kirkpatrick, C J ^a   Weber, Achim ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SILVER STAINING; SKIN BIOPSY; SYPHILIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER STAINING; SKIN; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 40449135976     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.046714     Document Type: Article

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