Is the best offense a good D-fense?: Should we use vitamin D as adjunctive therapy for asthma?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 470-472

  Kreindler, James L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; INTERLEUKIN 10; METHACHOLINE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BUDESONIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEDOCROMIL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84866403448     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201207-1295ED     Document Type: Editorial

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