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The Importance of QuantiFERON Gold Plus Test for the Diagnosis of Presumed Ocular Tuberculosis
Francesca Bruzzone1, Margherita Plebani2, Aikaterini Koryllou3
1Ophthalmology, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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