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Syphilis Serodiagnosis

Millard, L.G. et al., Perdrup, A. et al., Weismann, K.

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Disease relevance of Syphilis Serodiagnosis

A persistent positive antinuclear factor of either speckled or homogeneous pattern with a titer greater than 1:50, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, or a false-positive Wassermann reaction indicated those patients who may progress to DDLE or SLE [1].
The profile of neurosyphilis in Denmark A clinical and serological study of all patients in Denmark with neurosyphilis disclosed in the years 1971-1979 incl. by Wassermann reaction (CWRM) in the cerebrospinal fluid [2].

High impact information on Syphilis Serodiagnosis

The Wassermann reaction (WR) in peripheral blood was positive only once, in 1915, before treatment with arsphenamine (Salvarsan), which she received during hospitalization in Copenhagen in 1915 to 1916 [3].

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The profile of neurosyphilis in Denmark A clinical and serological study of all patients in Denmark with neurosyphilis disclosed in the years 1971-1979 incl. by Wassermann reaction (CWRM) in the cerebrospinal fluid. Perdrup, A., Jørgensen, B.B., Pedersen, N.S. Acta dermato-venereologica. Supplementum. (1981) [Pubmed]
Neurosyphilis, or chronic heavy metal poisoning: Karen Blixen's lifelong disease. Weismann, K. Sexually transmitted diseases. (1995) [Pubmed]

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