Nutritional supplements for people being treated for active tuberculosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Abba, Katharine ^a   Sudarsanam, Thambu D ^b   Grobler, Liesl ^c   Volmink, Jimmy ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MACRONUTRIENT; MALNUTRITION; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 55049087899     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006086.pub2     Document Type: Review

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