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Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial of the effect of retinol and vitamin D supplementation on treatment in active pulmonary tuberculosis patients with diabetes

BACKGROUND: The association between pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) has been previously attracted much attention. Diabetes alters immunity to tuberculosis, leading to more frequent treatment failure in TB patients with DM. Moreover, TB and DM often coincide with micronutrient...

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Autores principales: Wang, Qiuzhen, Ma, Aiguo, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Han, Xiuxia, Liu, Yufeng, Zhao, Shanliang, Cai, Jing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-104