Vitamin D: Immunomodulation of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and chronic rhinosinusitis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-228

  Akbar, Nadeem A ^a   Zacharek, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

allergic rhinitis; asthma; chronic rhinosinusitis; immunomodulation; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIDIOL 1 MONOOXYGENASE; CALCITRIOL; CATHELICIDIN; COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SINUSITIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 79958049142     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283465687     Document Type: Article

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