Nutritional formula improved immune profiles of seniors living in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1861-1870

  Langkamp Henken, Bobbi ^a   Wood, Steven M ^c   Herlinger Garcia, Kelli A ^a   Thomas, Debra J ^c   Stechmiller, Joyce K ^b   Bender, Bradley S ^d   Gardner, Elizabeth M ^e,f   DeMichele, Stephen J ^c   Schaller, Joseph P ^c   Murasko, Donna M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antibody response; Frail older people; Immunity; Influenza; Nutrition; Seniors

Indexed keywords

ENSURE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL FORMULA; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOOD, FORMULATED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33845480122     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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