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Relationship between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and second acid-fast bacilli smear-positive during treatment for tuberculosis patients.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2022
Zhang Xiaoxu, Zhang Yan, Yin Zhe, Xia Wenjun, Mao Hongkai, Bao Liangliang, Liu Yajie, Cao Mingqin
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PURPOSE: Tuberculosis (TB) treatment is associated with Vitamin D. This study aimed to explore the relationship between Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and second acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear-positive during treatment for TB patients. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. Seven hundred and thirty-one TB patients whose single nucleotide polymorphism site (SNPs) of VDR gene were detected from...
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