A Tapping the usefulness of Whole Blood Interferon- Assay for Diagnosing Tuberculosis Infection in Children |
Soon, Eu-Gene
(Department of Pediatrics, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
Lim, Baek-Keun (Department of Pediatrics, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) Kim, Hwang-Min (Department of Pediatrics, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) NamGoong, Mee-Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) Cha, Byung-Ho (Department of Pediatrics, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) Uh, Young (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) Chun, Jin-Kyong (Department of Pediatrics, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) |
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