Improving the timeframe between blood collection and interferon gamma release assay using T-Cell Xtend ®

Journal of Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-203

  Bouwman, J J M ^a   Thijsen, S F T ^a   Bossink, A W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IGRA; Interferon gamma; Lithium heparin; T Cell Xtend ; TSPOT.TB ; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; GRANULOCYTES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 84855898145     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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