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Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology Volume 50, 2015 - Issue 12
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The impact of immunosuppressive therapy on QuantiFERON and tuberculin skin test for screening of latent tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease scheduled for anti-TNF therapy

Gerassimos J. MantzarisDepartment of Gastroenterology, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Dimitrios TsironikosDepartment of Gastroenterology, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Xanthipi TzanetakouDepartment of Gastroenterology, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Eirini GrispouDepartment of Microbiology, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Pantelis KaratzasDepartment of Gastroenterology, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Ioannis KalogeropoulosDepartment of Radiology, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Konstantinos PapamichaelDepartment of Gastroenterology, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1451-1455 | Received 08 May 2015, Accepted 15 Jun 2015, Published online: 03 Jul 2015

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Gerassimos J. Mantzaris & Konstantinos Papamichael. (2016) Author’s reply to performance of interferon-gamma release assay for tuberculosis screening in inflammatory bowel disease patients: disease activity as an influencing factor. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 51:3, pages 382-382.
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Ibrahim Koral Onal, Nasser Alizadeh & Zeynep Gok Sargin. (2016) Performance of interferon-gamma release assay for tuberculosis screening in inflammatory bowel disease patients: Disease activity as an influencing factor. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 51:3, pages 381-381.
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