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Ueber das Vorhandensein syphilitischer Antistoffe in der Cerebrospinalflüssigkeit von Paralytikem.

Dtsch. med. Wschr., 32, 1769-72, 1906.

Wassermann applied his test (No. 2402) to the cerebrospinal fluid and, in paretics, obtained positive results in over 90 per cent of cases. The test greatly facilitated the diagnosis of general paralysis.



Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Neurosyphilis, NEUROLOGY › Paralysis
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