Fahrenheit reaction

Fahrenheit response (WT) is a serological response to the diagnosis of stage 3 syphilis and neurosyphilis. After the body is infected with Treponema pallidum for a certain period of time, an antibody is gradually produced in the serum, which can react with complements of "cardiolipids" extracted from bovine heart muscle.

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