Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and the risk of acute lower respiratory tract infection in early childhood

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 676-680

  Roth, Daniel E ^a,b   Jones, Adrian B ^a   Prosser, Connie ^a   Robinson, Joan L ^a   Vohra, Sunita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 40549095701     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527488     Document Type: Article

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