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Clinical utility of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test for the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis

So Young Park From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine
,
Kyeongman Jeon From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine
,
Sang-Won Um From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine
,
O Jung Kwon From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine
,
Eun-Suk Kang Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Centre, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Won-Jung Koh From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of MedicineCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 818-822 | Received 02 Jun 2009, Published online: 18 Nov 2009

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