Genotype-independent association between profound vitamin D deficiency and delayed sputum smear conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Both vitamin D deficiency and genetic variants in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) have been reported to associate with delayed response to intensive-phase therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. Studies investigating the influence of genetic variants in vitamin D binding protein (DBP) and vitam...

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Autores principales: Junaid, Kashaf, Rehman, Abdul, Saeed, Tahir, Jolliffe, David A., Wood, Kristie, Martineau, Adrian R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26193879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1018-5

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