TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 19. Syphilis A1 - Augenbraun, Michael A2 - Klausner, Jeffrey D. A2 - Hook, Edward W. PY - 2007 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases AB - • Sexually transmitted disease causing a wide range of systemic manifestations.• Clinical disease occurs in well-characterized stages: primary (chancre), secondary (rash, swollen glands, systemic symptoms) and tertiary (dementia, neuromotor, gummatous, cardiovascular symptoms).• Latent periods of variable duration occur between clinical manifestations of disease.• Clinical disease is confirmed and latent disease diagnosed by two-stage serologic tests. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3025726 ER -