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TB and nutrition: what's new?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2013

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In a nutshell

There are many reasons to believe nutrition supplements should be beneficial in prevention and treatment of TB.

Apart from vitamin D (see issue #313), interesting new work has focused on iron, cholesterol, zinc and vitamin A. However, at this stage there is insufficient clinical evidence to allow us to reach definitive conclusions about any one type of nutrient supplement.

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Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates , Volume 312 , October 2009 , pp. 1 - 3
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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