A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of vitamin A and zinc supplementation in persons with tuberculosis in Indonesia: effects on clinical response and nutritional status123
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From the SEAMEO-TROPMED Regional Center for Community Nutrition (EK) and the Department of General Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (RHHN and ZA), University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; the Departments of Gastroenterology (CEW) and of Internal Medicine (WMVD and JWMV), University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands; the Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands (EK and CEW); Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany (WS and RG); and the Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (HS).
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Supported by grants from Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany; the Neys-van Hoogstraten Foundation; the Directorate General of Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health, Indonesia; and the Integrated Excellent Research project from the Ministry of Research and Technology Indonesia. PT Kimia Farma, Indonesia, provided the micronutrient supplements and placebo, and PT Indo Farma, Indonesia, provided the standard antituberculosis drugs.
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Address reprint requests to CE West, Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Bomenweg 2, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected].