The triple T allergy hypothesis

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-180

  Wjst, Matthias ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Prophylaxis; Rickets; T helper cells; Th1 lymphocyte; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ARACHIS OIL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAY FEVER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETS; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

HYPERSENSITIVITY; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 3242678968     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10446670410001722258     Document Type: Review

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