Vitamin D deficiency and Tuberculosis in Basrah: The Effect of Anti-tuberculosis Drugs
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Vitamin D deficiency in patients with tuberculosis.
OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and association of Vitamin D deficiency in patients with tuberculosis. STUDY DESIGN Case control study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Medical Department, Combined Military Hospital, Kharian, from July 2010 to June 2012. METHODOLOGY One hundred and five outdoor patients of tuberculosis were selected with 255 gender matched controls. Tuberculosis was diagn...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Medical Journal of Basrah University
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2413-4414
DOI: 10.33762/mjbu.2021.128899.1047