Associations between selected immune-mediated diseases and tuberculosis: record-linkage studies.

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that there may be an association between some immune-mediated diseases and risk of tuberculosis (TB). METHODS: We analyzed a database of linked statistical records of hospital admissions and death certificates for the whole of England (1999 to 2011), and...

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Main Authors: Ramagopalan, S, Goldacre, R, Skingsley, A, Conlon, C, Goldacre, M
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: BioMed Central 2013