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. 1963 Mar;39(1):30–32. doi: 10.1136/sti.39.1.30

False Positive Reactions in Treponemal Tests*,

Alfredo J Julian 1, Joseph Portnoy 1, The Late Hilfred N Bossak 1
PMCID: PMC1047526  PMID: 14029853

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