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Interferon-γ release assays do not identify more children with active tuberculosis than the tuberculin skin test
Kampmann B., Whittaker E., Williams A., Walters S., Gordon A., Martinez-Alier N., Williams B., Crook A. M., Hutton A-M., Anderson S. T.
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Eur Respir J 2009; 33: 1374-1382
Journal Issue:
June
Disease area:
Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections
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