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Serum vitamin D level and vitamin D receptor genotypes may be associated with tuberculosis clinical characteristics: A case-control study.
Medicine - 1 Jul 2018
Zhang Ye, Zhu Hui, Yang Xinting, Guo Shaochen, Liang Qingtao, Lu Yu, Chen Xiaoyou
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Vitamin D is associated with the susceptibility of tuberculosis and might have an adjunctive effect on anti-tuberculosis treatment. This study aims to investigate the association of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms with susceptibility and severity to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in comparison with drug-sensitive tuberculosis (DS-TB) and health controls in China.A...
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