Tests for Treponemal Antibody in CSF

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1978, Pages 252-255

  Jaffe, Harold W ^a   Larsen, Sandra A ^b   Peters, Margaret ^c   Jove, Donna Franco ^d   Lopez, Beverly ^e   Schroeter, Arnold L ^f  

^a Venereal Disease Control Division ^*  (United States)

^b Bureau of State Services Bacteriology Division ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Department of Anesthesiology and Pathology ^*  (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; NEUROSYPHILIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, LATENT; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84942733600     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1978.03630260050016     Document Type: Article

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