Influence of HLA-DR and -DQ phenotypes on tuberculin reactive status in pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-373

  Selvaraj, P ^a,b   Reetha, A M ^a   Uma, H ^a   Xavier, T ^a   Janardhanam, B ^a   Prabhakar, R ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0029757402     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(96)90104-5     Document Type: Article

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