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. 2006 Oct;61(10):919-20; author reply 920-1.

Whole blood IFN-gamma assay for detecting TB in children

A J Radford, J S Rothel, G Sberna
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Whole blood IFN-gamma assay for detecting TB in children

A J Radford et al. Thorax. 2006 Oct.
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Competing interests: All authors work for and may contain shareholdings in Cellestis Ltd, manufacturer of QuantiFERON‐TB Gold.

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