Anergy to tuberculin in sarcoidosis is not influenced by high prevalence of tuberculin sensitivity in the population

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-45

  Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Chetty, Mahenderan ^a   Kumar, Nand ^a   Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Jindal, Surinder K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cutaneous anergy; Interpretation; Mantoux; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0037655984     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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