Absence of DNA from mycobacteria of the M. tuberculosis complex in sarcoidosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 1000-1003

  Vokurka, Martin ^b   Lecossier, Denise ^b   Du Bois, Roland M ^b   Wallaert, Benoit ^b   Kambouchner, Marianne ^b   Tazi, Abdellatif ^b   Hance, Allan J ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030870121     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.3.9612035     Document Type: Article

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