IFN-γ release assay: A diagnostic assistance tool of tuberculin skin test in pediatric tuberculosis in China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2786-2791

  Sun, Lin ^a   Yan, Hui Min ^b   Hu, Ying Hui ^c   Jiao, Wei Wei ^a   Gu, Yi ^a   Xiao, Jing ^a   Li, Hui Min ^c   Jiao, An Xia ^a   Guo, Ya Jie ^a   Shen, A Dong ^a  

^a Beijing Pediatric Institute   (China)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Early secreted antigenic target 6; Interferon ; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SECRETION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 79952279442     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.20.007     Document Type: Article

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