The role of in vitro interferonγ-release assay in differentiating intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn's disease in China

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Li, Yue ^a   Zhang, Li fan ^a   Liu, Xiao qing ^a   Wang, Li ^b   Wang, Xi ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Qian, Jia ming ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Differential diagnosis; ELISPOT; Intestinal tuberculosis; T SPOT.TB

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHINA; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CIRCUMFERENTIAL ULCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EPITHELIOID CELL GRANULOMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH ULCER; NIGHT SWEAT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULIN TEST; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ASCITES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858071824     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: 18764479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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