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Author response—vitamin D deficiency and systemic inflammation in bronchiectasis
  1. James D Chalmers
  1. Correspondence to Dr James D Chalmers, Tayside Respiratory Research Group, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK. jameschalmers1{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203202

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    Dr Charles Shee raises a further possible explanation for our finding of an association between vitamin D status and disease severity in bronchiectasis, that low vitamin D status represents a negative acute phase response to acute inflammation.1

    Our study was cross-sectional and was unable to establish whether vitamin D deficiency is a cause or consequence of bronchiectasis.2 Possible explanations that have been previously suggested are failed bacterial …

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