Vitamin D and atopic disorders in an obese population screened for vitamin D deficiency

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 533-534

  Oren, Eyal ^a   Banerji, Aleena ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; SECOSTEROID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALLERGY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BODY MASS; BONE METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENDRITIC CELL; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 39149124460     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.11.005     Document Type: Letter

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