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Association between latent tuberculosis and ischemic heart disease: a hospital-based cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia

INTRODUCTION: atherosclerosis could be a sequela of long-term activation of cell-mediated immunity as the case of latent tuberculosis infection. Atherosclerosis is the main pathological event in ischemic heart disease. The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of Latent tuberculosis infection...

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Autor principal: Khoufi, Emad Ali Al
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34367441
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.362.28110