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Review of Results of QuantiFERON TB Gold Test in Presumed Ocular Tuberculosis in a South Indian Patient Population

Kalpana BabuVittala International Institute of Ophthalmology & Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Center, Bangalore, India and Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
, MD, MRCOphth (Lon),
Soumya S. BhatVittala International Institute of Ophthalmology & Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Center, Bangalore, India and
, MD,
Mariamma PhilipsDepartment of Biostatistics, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India
, PhD &
D. K. SubbakrishnaDepartment of Biostatistics, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India
, PhD
Pages 498-502 | Received 05 Dec 2014, Accepted 17 Jan 2015, Published online: 14 Jul 2015

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