Immunological response to antioxidant vitamin supplementation in rural Bangladeshi school children with group A streptococcal infection

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 226-230

  Ahmed, Jasimuddin ^a   Zaman, M Mostafa ^a   Ali, Shah Mohammad Keramat ^b  

^a National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Antioxidant supplements; Bangladesh; Beta carotene; Immunity; Immunoglobulins; Infections; School children; Streptococcal antibody

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBODY; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BETA CAROTENE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN V; REX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BANGLADESH; BETA CAROTENE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; PENICILLIN V; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 4944241909     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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