Use of pulmonary interferon γ responses to mycobacterial antigen to distinguish sarcoid associated optic neuropathy from tuberculosis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 802-803

  Burton, Ben J L ^a   Breen, R A M ^b   Janossy, G ^b   Acheson, J F ^a   Lipman, M C I ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PREDNISONE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 33744782280     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.090373     Document Type: Article

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