Cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulins in neurosyphilis.
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چکیده
Using the fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption (FTA-ABS) test and the solid phase haemadsorption assay (SPHA) Treponema pallidum-specific IgA was found in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with neurosyphilis but not in those with late latent syphilis. The presence of T pallidum-specific IgA in the CSF may inhibit the antitreponemal activity of IgG and thus play some part in the pathogenesis of neurosyphilis.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 57 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981