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. 1968 Dec;44(4):287–290. doi: 10.1136/sti.44.4.287

Absorbed fluorescent treponemal antibody (FTA-ABS) test. Comparison with the FTA-200 and TPI tests on 1,056 problem sera.

N A Johnston, A E Wilkinson
PMCID: PMC1048419  PMID: 4884722

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