Serum alpha- and gamma-tocopherol levels in atopic mothers and their infants are correlated

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-26

  Hoppu, Ulla ^a   Salo Väänänen, Pirjo ^b   Lampi, Anna Maija ^b   Isolauri, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atopic disease; Tocopherol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL SERUM; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; MOTHERS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 21344442120     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084068     Document Type: Article

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