Role of soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels in patients with latent tuberculosis

Lung

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-24

  Shitrit, David ^a   Izbicki, Gabriel ^a   Shitrit, Ariella Bar Gil ^b   Raz, Meir ^c   Sulkes, Jaquline ^d   Kramer, Mordechai Rehven ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Tuberculosis Center   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Latent tuberculosis infection; Soluble interleukin 2 receptor; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33645564792     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-005-2558-2     Document Type: Article

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