Quantitative scoring of an interferon-γ assay for differentiating active from latent tuberculosis

Janssens J-P., Roux-Lombard P., Perneger T., Metzger M., Vivien R., Rochat T.

Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: 722-728
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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