Diagnostic accuracy of Quantiferon TB test for patients with SLE and miliary tuberculosis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1395-1396

  Tozlu, Mukaddes ^a   Kalyoncu, Umut ^a   Alp, Sehnaz ^a   Unal, Serhat ^a   Calguneri, Meral ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AUSCULTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTIFERON TUBERCULOSIS TEST; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 69049111703     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-0986-4     Document Type: Letter

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