Iodine, thymus, and immunity

Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 977-979

  Venturi, Sebastiano ^a   Venturi, Mattia ^b  

^a Servizio di Igiene   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IODINE; LUGOL; MYELOPEROXIDASE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GOITER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LETTER; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTRICHOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SYPHILIS; THYMUS FUNCTION; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IODINE; MICE; ORAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 68049113671     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.002     Document Type: Letter

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