QuantiFERON TB-Gold-A New Test Strengthening Long-Suspected Tuberculous Involvement in Serpiginous-like Choroiditis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 761-766

  Mackensen, Friederike ^a   Becker, Matthias D ^a   Wiehler, Ute ^a   Max, Regina ^a   Dalpke, Alexander ^a   Zimmermann, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PREDNISONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOROIDITIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 54449099590     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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