Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression

To assess the association between vitamin D deficiency and tuberculosis disease progression, we studied vitamin D levels in a cohort of tuberculosis patients and their contacts (N = 129) in Pakistan. Most (79%) persons showed deficiency. Low vitamin D levels were associated with a 5-fold increased r...

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Autores principales: Talat, Najeeha, Perry, Sharon, Parsonnet, Julie, Dawood, Ghaffar, Hussain, Rabia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091693

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091693

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