IFN-γ and IL-12 are increased in active compared with inactive tuberculosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1135-1139

  Taha, Rame A ^a   Kotsimbos, Thomas C ^a   Song, Yun Ling ^a   Menzies, Dick ^a   Hamid, Qutayba ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0030901478     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.3.9116999     Document Type: Article

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