Effect of nutrition support on immunity in paediatric patients with beta-thalassaemia major

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-65

  Tienboon, Prasong ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chiang Mai; Children; Immunity; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Thailand; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; CONCANAVALIN A; CORN OIL; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MINERAL; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUBERCULIN; VITAMIN; ZINC;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BETA THALASSEMIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; THAILAND; ZINC;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037883352     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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