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Effects of vitamin D supplementation on the outcomes of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is involved in the host immune response toward Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation on sputum conversion, clinical response to treatment, adverse events, and mortality in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) remains controversial....

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Autores principales: Wu, Hong-xia, Xiong, Xiao-feng, Zhu, Min, Wei, Jia, Zhuo, Kai-quan, Cheng, De-yun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29954353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0677-6