Effect of 3 months vitamin E supplementation on indices of the cellular and humoral immune response in elderly subjects

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 761-774

  De Waart, Frouwkje G ^a   Portengen, Lützen ^a   Doekes, Gert ^a   Verwaal, Corné J ^a   Kok, Frans J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cellular immune response; Elderly; Humoral immune response; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CONCANAVALIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MILK PROTEIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CELL DIVISION; CONCANAVALIN A; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITAMIN E;

PENICILLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030782114     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970193     Document Type: Article

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