Tuberculin skin test among pulmonary sarcoidosis patients with and without tuberculosis: Its utility for the screening of the two conditions in tuberculosis-endemic regions

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-134

  Smith Rohrberg, Duncan ^a   Sharma, S K ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anergy; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Mantoux; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; LUNG; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34748827601     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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