Interferon-γ release assay among tuberculin skin test positive students in Korean high schools

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 328-333

  Park, Young Kil ^a   Lee, Seung Heon ^a   Kim, Su Young ^a   Ryoo, Sung Weon ^a   Kim, Chang Ki ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a   Cho, Eun Hee ^a   Yoo, Byung Hee ^a   Lee, Jong Koo ^a   Ko, Won Jung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma release assay; Latent tuberculosis infection; Students; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 77954464652     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2010.68.6.328     Document Type: Article

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