Role of vitamin A supplementation in the treatment of tuberculosis

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-21

  Mathur, Murli L ^a  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; ISOTRETINOIN; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; RETINOL PALMITATE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANOREXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LUNG CANCER; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 34248341845     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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