Rheumatoid factor in congenital syphilis.
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Rheumatoid factor in congenital syphilis.
The rheumatoid factor (RF) latex test was evaluated as a test for congenital syphilis. High risk newborns of mothers with untreated or inadequately treated syphilis were studied. The asymptomatic infants were followed up for between 3 and 4 months (or longer if the VDRL test was positive). The overall performance of the RF latex test was better than that of the other tests studied, even though ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.65.5.304