SUMMARY Serum immune complexes were estimated by a polyethylene glycol precipitation method in 51 patients with early syphilis. The immune complexes were increased in 41 of patients before treatment and decreased to normal limits in only 56% during treatment. The results of the specific antitreponemal tests using dissolved immune complexes show that antibodies from the immune complexes are specific antibodies.
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