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How could syphilis test be negative and anticardiolipin autoantibody be positive? do some syphilis tests only look for antibodies to t. pallidum?
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Different types of: Tests. There are two different types of tests, one being RPR and it has more false positives due to auto-antibodies. Tests specific for treponemal antigens are more specific.
Answered 1/12/2015
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