Corticosteroid Therapy, Vitamin D Status, and Inflammatory Cytokine Profile in the HIV-Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
Vitamin D deficiency is common in human immunodeficiency virus–tuberculosis coinfected patients in Cape Town. Those who develop tuberculosis-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome have a further reduction in circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels 2 weeks into combined antiretroviral therapy wit...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3436923/ |