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Editorial

. 2005 Sep 1;172(5):519-21.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.2506003.

Interferon-gamma assays for tuberculosis: is anergy the Achilles' heel?

Madhukar Pai, David M Lewinsohn

PMID: 16120714
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2506003

Editorial

Interferon-gamma assays for tuberculosis: is anergy the Achilles' heel?

Madhukar Pai et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005.

. 2005 Sep 1;172(5):519-21.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.2506003.

Authors

Madhukar Pai, David M Lewinsohn

PMID: 16120714
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2506003

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Routine hospital use of a new commercial whole blood interferon-gamma assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.
Ferrara G, Losi M, Meacci M, Meccugni B, Piro R, Roversi P, Bergamini BM, D'Amico R, Marchegiano P, Rumpianesi F, Fabbri LM, Richeldi L. Ferrara G, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Sep 1;172(5):631-5. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200502-196OC. Epub 2005 Jun 16. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005. PMID: 15961696

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