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Evaluation of an interferon gamma assay in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

✍ Scribed by Cláudia Diniz Lopes Marques; Ângela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte; Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena; Joelma Rodrigues Souza; Wayner Vieira Souza; Yara de Miranda Gomes; Eduardo Maia Freese de Carvalho

Publisher
Springer
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
300 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
0172-8172

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