Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5672729 | Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
BiP naturally found in the majority of ACPA-positive RA patients can result in a false positive QFT-G TB. Subsequent undertreatment of RA, if biologic therapy is withheld, and overtreatment of presumed latent TB may harm patients.
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Authors
Maria Greenwald, JoAnn Ball, Atul Deodar,