Interferon gamma assays for tuberculosis in children

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 508-511

  Rehman, Abdul ^a   Irfanullah, ^b  

^a QUAID E AZAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ASSAY; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GAMMA INTERFERON ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINATAL CARE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 50949085886     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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