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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lumbar puncture may be required if syphilis or granulomatous infection is suspected.
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Congenital syphilis is arbitrarily divided into early and late stages with the dividing line at two years of age.
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How glad I am, she thought simply, that I have not suddenly contracted syphilis .
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I also wonder if she feared syphilis .
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Semen infected with hepatitis or syphilis can be donated, but only if a woman agrees to accept it.
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The famous Wassermann diagnostic blood test for syphilis has been used for forty years.
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Until 1942 there was no reliable cure for syphilis , too late for Karen Blixen.