ITPA Index in neurosyphilis laboratory diagnosis.
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Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network laboratory guidelines for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis in Canada
Neurosyphilis refers to infection of the central nervous system by Treponema pallidum, which may occur at any stage. Neurosyphilis has been categorized in many ways including early and late, asymptomatic versus symptomatic and infectious versus non-infectious. Late neurosyphilis primarily affects the central nervous system parenchyma, and occurs beyond early latent syphilis, years to decades af...
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Received 11 June 2008; accepted 19 June 2008; electronically published 20 August 2008. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Daniel M. Musher, Infectious Disease Section, Rm. 4B-370, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030 ([email protected]). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008; 47:900–2 This article is in the public domain, and no copyright is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0976-1683
DOI: 10.4066/biomedicalresearch.29-18-1199