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Abstract
The stage of syphilis that occurs following the primary (CHANCRE) and secondary stages. The patient is asymptomatic at the latent stage but remains seropositive for the SPIROCHETE.
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- Latent Stage Syphilis
- Syphilis, Latent
- Syphilis, Latent Stage
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Latent Syphilis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013592. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013592
- Latent Syphilis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18558154