Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: Is vitamin D the missing link?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 596-

  Handel, Adam E ^a,b   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; VITAMIN D;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYDROXYLATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; COMPLICATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; SUNLIGHT; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77955860579     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70185-7     Document Type: Letter

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