Extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis: Situation in a new century;Formas extrapulmonares de la tuberculosis: Situación en un nuevo siglo

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 537-539

  García, José Francisco ^a,b  

^a Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BCG VACCINE; COLECALCIFEROL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURISY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 56549108334     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13128268     Document Type: Editorial

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