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Performance of an interferon-gamma release assay in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in children / Performanţa testului bazat pe eliberarea interferonului gamma în diagnosticul meningitei tuberculoase la copil Cover

Performance of an interferon-gamma release assay in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in children / Performanţa testului bazat pe eliberarea interferonului gamma în diagnosticul meningitei tuberculoase la copil

Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator
Volume 23 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)
By: Olga Adriana Caliman-Sturdza,  Doina Mihalache and  Catalina Mihaela Luca  
Open Access
|Jun 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rrlm-2015-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2284-5623 | Journal ISSN: 1841-6624
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Language: English
Page range: 199 - 212
Submitted on: Mar 23, 2014
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Accepted on: Apr 29, 2015
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Published on: Jun 23, 2015
Published by: Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
interferon gamma release assay,
QuantiFERON-TB Gold,
tuberculous meningitis,
children,
tuberculosis
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Molecular biology,
Biochemistry,
Human biology,
Microbiology and virology

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