Vitamin D status, receptor gene polymorphisms, and supplementation on tuberculosis: A systematic review of case-control studies and randomized controlled trials

Vitamin D status, receptor gene polymorphisms, and supplementation on tuberculosis: A systematic review of case-control studies and randomized controlled trials

Objective: To investigate the impacts of vitamin D status, supplementation and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms on tuberculosis (TB). Methods: We conducted a systematic review of published studies pertaining to case–control and randomized-control trials from 2002 to 2014 using the PubMed...

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Main Authors: Nilay Sutaria, Ching-Ti Liu, Tai C. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology
Subjects:
Vitamin D
Vitamin D receptor
Polymorphism
Tuberculosis
Supplementation
Clinical trials
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