Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Interferon-gamma methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and disease
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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J. Robson, N. Coulson, N. Haley, J. Anderson, H. Hosker (Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom). IFN γ tests for tuberculosis – false positives with other T cell disease processes?. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 4581

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