Delayed tuberculin reactivity in persons of Indochinese origin: Implications for preventive therapy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 779-784

  Robertson, John M ^b   Burtt, Dawn S ^b   Edmonds, Kay L ^b   Molina, Paul L ^b   Kiefe, Catarina I ^b   Ellner, Jerrold J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030009396     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-9-199605010-00001     Document Type: Article

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