Nontreponemal tests in the diagnosis of neurosyphilis: An evaluation of the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) and the Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) tests

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-261

  Castro, Rita ^a,b   Prieto, Emília Simões ^a   Pereira, Filomena Da Luz Martins ^a  

^a Instututo de Higiene e Medicina Tropical   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CSF; Neurosyphilis; RPR; VDRL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REAGIN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 48249100479     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20254     Document Type: Article

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