Comparative tuberculin reactivity to two protein derivatives

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 377-381

  Muñoz Barret, Juan M ^a,b   Macías Hernández, Alejandro E ^a   Hernández Ramos, Isabel ^a   Durán Martínez, Esmeralda ^a   Martínez Magdaleno, Rosa María ^a   Medina Valdovinos, Humberto ^a   Cortés Gallo, Gabriel ^a  

^a University of Guanajuato

^b Facultad de Medicina de   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Medical students; PPD; RT23; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030226027     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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