Questions in the role of chest CT scanning in TB outbreak investigation

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1522-1523

  Bhuniya, Sourin ^a   De, Pampa ^b  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649857149     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1249     Document Type: Letter

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