Value of Different Cut-Off Points of Tuberculin Skin Test to Diagnose Tuberculosis among Patients with Respiratory Symptoms in a Chest Clinic

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 49, Issue FEB, 2001, Pages 332-335

  Gupta, D ^a   Saiprakash, B V ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Muralidhar, S ^a   Kumar, B ^a   Jindal, S K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035290425     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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