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What is the best way of screening hemodialysis patients for latent tuberculosis?

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The synopsis was written by Chloë Harman, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. RK Visweswaran is a Senior Consultant in Nephrology at the Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.,

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Visweswaran, R. What is the best way of screening hemodialysis patients for latent tuberculosis?. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 310–311 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0491

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