Serum Vitamin D Level as a Risk Factor for Female Genital Tuberculosis (FGTB)

Serum Vitamin D Level as a Risk Factor for Female Genital Tuberculosis (FGTB)

Introduction: Vitamin D is now known to be essential to Mycobacterium tuberculosis containment and killing through activation of 25-hydroxyvitamin-D receptors (VDRs) present on all immune cells or obtained from dietary food stuffs as either vitamin D3 or vegetable vitamin D2 (also known as ergoca...

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Main Authors:	Swati Gautam, Amita Jain, Salman Akhtar, Apala Priyadarshini, Shyam Pyari Jaiswar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2017-09-01
Series:	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:	body mass index cathelicidin infertility lowenstein-jensen mycobacteria growth indicator tube
Online Access:	https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10636/30084_CE(RA1)_F(T)PF1-(SY_MJ_PY)_PFA(VJ_SS).pdf

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