Antenatal screening for syphilis at a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 262-264

  Shakoor, Zahid ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Rapid plasma reagin; Saudi Arabia; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 4344567883     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.262     Document Type: Article

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