Diagnostic accuracy of ascitic fluid IFN-γ and adenosine deaminase assays in the diagnosis of tuberculous ascites

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 484-488

  Sharma, S K ^a   Tahir, Mohammad ^a   Mohan, Alladi ^b   Smith Rohrberg, Duncan ^c   Mishra, Hemant K ^a   Pandey, R M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ASCITES;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745945078     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.2006.26.484     Document Type: Article

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