Interferon gamma release assay (QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube) in patients of sarcoidosis from a population with high prevalence of tuberculosis infection

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-101

  Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Verma, I ^a   Agarwal, R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

IGRA; Interferon gamma release assay; QFT; QuantiFERON; Sarcoidosis; TST; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLONAL ANERGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 81455142061     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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