The Diagnostic Value of Interferon-γ Assay in Patients with Active Tuberculosis |
Park, So Young
(Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Park, Yong Bum (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University) Choi, Jeong Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University) Lee, Jae Young (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University) Kim, Jae-Seok (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University) Mo, Eun Kyung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University) |
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