Assessment of vitamin A status with the relative-dose-response test in Peruvian children recovering from pneumonia

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1351-1357

  Stephensen, Charles B ^a,e   Franchi, Luis Miguel ^b   Hernandez, Herminio ^b   Campos, Miguel ^b   Colarossi, Ana ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^b,c,d   Alvarez, Jose O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; C reactive protein; Children; CRP; Peru; Pneumonia; RDR test; Relative dose response test; Retinol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERU; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN CONTENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 18744378854     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.6.1351     Document Type: Article

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