A single dose of vitamin A improves haemoglobin concentration, retinol status and phagocytic function of neutrophils in preschool children

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 798-802

  Jimenez, Claudia ^a   Leets, Irene ^a   Puche, Rafael ^a   Anzola, Elsy ^b   Montilla, Rosa ^b   Parra, Cesar ^b   Aguilera, Antonia ^b   García Casal, María N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Victorino Santaella   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Iron; Phagocytic function; Preschool children; Supplementation; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; IRON; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VENEZUELA;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; IRON; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; VENEZUELA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77950345200     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509992765     Document Type: Article

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