No added value of interferon-gamma release to a prediction model for childhood tuberculosis

Togun Toyin O., Egere Uzochukwu, Gomez Marie P., Sillah Abdou K., Daramy Mohammed, Tientcheu Leopold D., S. Sutherland Jayne, Hill Philip C., Kampmann Beate

Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 47: 223-232
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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