See Also: provocative Wassermann test(medicine)
provocative test(medicine)
Wassermann test(medicine)
provocative(dictionary)
provocative(dictionary)
Wassermann(dictionary)
Wassermann reaction(medicine)
Wassermann, August von(encyclopedia)
Wassermann, Jakob(encyclopedia)
Wassermann, August von(medicine)

Temporal arteritis (health) and provocative Wassermann test (medicine)


Temporal arteritis (health)


A vasculitic disorder which presents with head pain and scalp tenderness and a high ESR. Sudden loss of vision may occur due to retinal artery occlusion. Part of the polymyalgia rheumatica disease spectrum. Also known as cranial or giant cell arteritis.





provocative Wassermann test (medicine)


provocative Wassermann test


An obsolete test of historical interest only; the use of the Wassermann test from one or two days to one or two weeks after the administration of arsphenamine or neoarsphenamine; the result may then be positive when before the giving of arsphenamine it was negative.