Kassowitz's law

Kassowitz's law

Kassowitz’s law is an empirical observation used in context of syphilis. It states that greater the duration between infection of mother and pregnancy, better is the outcome for the infant. Better outcome includes, lesser chances of still birth and of developing congenital syphilis. [cite journal |last= Singh|first= Ameeta E.|coauthors= Barbara Romanowski|year= 1999|month= April|title= Syphilis: Review with Emphasis on Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Some Biologic Features|journal= Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume= 12|issue= 2|pages= 187–209|id= PMC88914|url= http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=88914|accessdate=2008-06-26]

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