Discordance between tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma assays [1]

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 942-943

  Pai, Madhukar ^a   Kalantri, Shriprakash ^b   Menzies, Dick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33746933232     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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