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Vitamin D deficiency and TB disease phenotype.
Thorax - 1 Dec 2015
Pareek Manish, Innes John, Sridhar Saranya, Grass Lisa, Connell David, Woltmann Gerrit, Wiselka Martin, Martineau Adrian R, Kon Onn Min, Dedicoat Martin, Lalvani Ajit
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Extrapulmonary TB is increasingly common, yet the determinants of the wide clinical spectrum of TB are poorly understood. METHODS: We examined surveillance data (Birmingham, UK: 1980-2009 and USA Centers for Disease Control: 1993-2008) to identify demographic factors associated with extrapulmonary TB. We then directly tested association of these factors and serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25(OH)D)...
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