Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Diagnostic tools in paediatric respiratory infection
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections



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B. Thomas, A. Pugalenthi, G. Woltmann, W. Hoskyns (Leicester, United Kingdom). Prospective study of concordance between tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-γ (IFNγ) assay in asymptomatic paediatric tuberculosis (TB) contacts. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 3245

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