A prescription for clinical immunology: The pills are available and ready for testing. A review

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1193-1202

  Parker, William ^a   Perkins, Sarah E ^b   Harker, Matthew ^a   Muehlenbein, Michael P ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pandemic

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ALLERGY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOME; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EVOLUTION; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; HELMINTH; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANDEMIC; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; PANDEMICS; THERAPY WITH HELMINTHS;

EID: 84863630258     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2012.695731     Document Type: Review

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