Vitamin D and its role in allergic disease

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 817-826

  Reinholz, M ^a   Ruzicka, T ^a   Schauber, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Childhood; Pregnancy; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D supplementation

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COD LIVER OIL; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; VITAMIN D;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ATOPY; DAIRY PRODUCT; EOSINOPHIL; FISH; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAST CELL; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84865198259     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03923.x     Document Type: Review

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