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New Immune Assay Can Help Rule out a Diagnosis of Active TB
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Title New Immune Assay Can Help Rule out a Diagnosis of Active TB
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571175?src=rss
Description A new interferon-gamma release assay combined with tuberculin skin testing may facilitate exclusion of active tuberculosis in patients with moderate to high probability of infection, British researchers report. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Infectious Diseases
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Date Mar 11, 2008
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