Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Risk assessment for tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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A. Charisis, A. Konstantinidis, C. Gartzonika, D. Archimandriti, A. Gogali, C. Katsanos, A. Kostoulas, S. Katsenos, G. Daskalopoulos, S. Leveidiotou-Stefanou, A. Mavridis, S. Constantopoulos (Ioannina, Greece). The additional diagnostic value of interferon gamma release assay to the tuberculin skin test in Greek health care workers (a preliminary study). Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 2656

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