Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D does not vary over the course of a malarial infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-44

  Newens, Katie ^a   Filteau, Suzanne ^a,b   Tomkins, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Acute phase response; Malaria

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAMPLE SIZE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VITAMIN D;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 28244448276     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.022     Document Type: Article

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