Vitamin A, infection, and immune function

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue , 2001, Pages 167-192

  Stephensen, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Immunity; Retinoic acid; T cells

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034938825     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.21.1.167     Document Type: Review

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