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Tuberculin skin test and ELISPOT/T. SPOT.TB in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
BACKGROUND: There are controversies regarding the accuracy of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and methods based on the production of interferon gamma by sensitized T cells for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in pediatrics and immunosuppressed patients. Our objectives are to stud...
Autores principales: | Sztajnbok, Flavio, Boechat, Neio L F, Ribeiro, Samantha B, Oliveira, Sheila K F, Sztajnbok, Denise C N, Sant’Anna, Clemax C |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24904240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-12-17 |
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