Laboratory diagnosis and interpretation of tests for syphilis.
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Interpretation of serological tests for syphilis.
H/STD FCTS H/STD FCTS H/STD FCTS H/STD FCTS H/STD FCTS H/STD FCTS H/STD FCTS H/STD FCTS Proper evaluation of serological test results in syphilis is often a confusing matter. Physicians are rarely confronted with problems in this regard. The following comments are provided as a matter of review. More extensive discussion may be found in the references listed at the end of this article. Several ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical microbiology reviews
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0893-8512
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.8.1.1-21.1995