Diagnosis of Tuberculous Uveitis: Clinical Application of an Interferon-gamma Release Assay

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1391-1396

  Ang, Marcus ^a   Htoon, Hla Myint ^b   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS UVEITIS; UVEITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; ISONIAZID; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRAZINAMIDE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMPIN; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS;

EID: 67649372522     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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