Vitamin D supplementation for tuberculosis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 931-

  Bhaumik, Soumyadeep ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84874442214     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0205-3     Document Type: Letter

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