VDRL test


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VDRL test

 
a flocculation test for syphilis designed by the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory; used to test heat-inactivated serum.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

VDRL test

a flocculation test for syphilis, using cardiolipin-lecithin-cholesterol antigen as developed by the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory of the United States Public Health Service.
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VDRL test

Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test A reaginic test–RT for syphilis, used to screen for early syphilis; it is virtually always positive in 2º syphilis; it is variable in 3º syphilis and is negative in half of neurosyphilis DiffDx–biological false positive–BFP Malaria–±90%, acute infection–10-30%, SLE–10-20%–classic cause of BFP VDRL, viral hepatitis–10%, infectious mononucleosis–20%, rheumatoid arthritis–5-10%, pneumococcal pneumonia, drug addiction, pregnancy, etc
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

VDRL test

(test)
A flocculation test for syphilis, using cardiolipin-lecithin-cholesterol antigen as developed by the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

VDRL test

(test)
A flocculation test for syphilis, developed by the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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