Reduced vitamin D levels are associated with autoimmune response in tuberculosis patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 790-

  Li, Wenli ^a,b   Zhang, Rui ^a   Zhang, Kuo ^a   Song, Liqiong ^a,b   Hong, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Yuan ^a,b   Xie, Jiehong ^a   Wang, Lunan ^a   Li, Jinming ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CALCIFEDIOL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84862800232     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201127     Document Type: Letter

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