Open AccessEffectiveness of interferon-gamma release assays for differentiating intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn’s disease: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Wen Chen,
Junhua Fan,
Wei Luo,
Peng Peng,
Si-Biao Su
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i44.8133
Subject(s) - diagnostic odds ratio , meta analysis , medicine , cochrane library , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , odds ratio , receiver operating characteristic , checklist , medline , gastroenterology , area under the curve , diagnostic accuracy , crohn's disease , confidence interval , disease , psychology , political science , law , cognitive psychology
To investigate the clinical usefulness of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in the differential diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) from Crohn's disease (CD) by meta-analysis.