Whole blood interferon-γ assay for tuberculosis in children in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-102

  Higuchi, Rumiko ^a   Mori, Masaaki ^a   Ozawa, Remi ^a   Miyamae, Takako ^a   Imagawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Nishimaki, Shigeru ^a   Mitsuda, Toshihiro ^a   Aihara, Yukoh ^a   Yokota, Shumpei ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacille Calmette Guerin; Child; Diagnosis of tuberculosis; Interferon ; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 60849091646     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02681.x     Document Type: Article

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