Role of interferon gamma release assay in the diagnosis of Pott disease

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 462-466

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Das, Rupant K ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Pott disease; QuantiFERON; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 77951722847     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.SPINE093     Document Type: Article

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