Vitamin D in asthma: Panacea or true promise?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-60

  Ginde, Adit A ^a   Sutherland, E Rand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; prevention; treatment; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BUDESONIDE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; COLECALCIFEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; STEROID; VITAMIN D;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ASTHMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77953947961     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.05.030     Document Type: Editorial

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