Tuberculin PPD RT23: Still going strong

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 793-796

  Haslov K ^a   Ponce de Leon Rosales, S ^b   Rangel Frausto, S ^b   Olesen Larsen, S ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG STABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANIMALS; DENMARK; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031664026     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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