Ultrasonographic measurement of the tuberculin skin test: Comparison with manual reading

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-23

  Ciftci, Ercument ^a   Ilgazli, Ahmet ^a   Gulleroglu, Basak ^a   Ara, Isil ^a   Akansel, Gur ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SKIN INDURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 12144277457     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000152476.93167.53     Document Type: Article

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