Circulating immune complexes in syphilis
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- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Vol. 58 (3) , 263-267
- https://doi.org/10.2340/0001555558263267
Abstract
13 patients with syphilis were investigated regarding the presence of circulating immune complexes by the methods of C 1q-binding-activity and anticomplementarity. Elevated C1q-binding-activity was demonstrated in 6 of 7 patients with secondary syphilis, a significantly greater incidence than among patients with primary syphilis and neurosyphilis. Anticomplementarity was demonstrated in five of seven patients with secondary syphilis and in two patients with neurosyphilis. Anticomplementarity was found in only one of four patients with primary syphilis. The presence of immune complexes may be of importance in the aetiology of some of the lesions of secondary and perhaps tertiary syphilis.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Nephrotic Syndrome in Secondary SyphilisAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1965