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. 1988 Dec;63(12):1490-1.
doi: 10.1136/adc.63.12.1490.

Heaf test results after neonatal BCG

P A Crawshaw  1 , A H Thomson
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Heaf test results after neonatal BCG

P A Crawshaw et al. Arch Dis Child. 1988 Dec.

Abstract

Heaf testing was carried out on 98 preschool Asian children who had received a BCG vaccination. A strongly positive Heaf reaction (grade 3) occurred in only two children. Heaf testing can still be used in tuberculosis screening after neonatal BCG.

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