A novel assay for screening patients for latent tuberculosis infection prior to anti-TNF therapy

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 456-457

  Winthrop, Kevin L ^a   Daley, Charles L ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFIED PROTEIN DERIVATIVE TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 51149119046     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0865     Document Type: Article

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