Severe and uncontrolled adult asthma is associated with vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency

Respiratory Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Korn, Stephanie ^a   Hübner, Marisa ^a   Jung, Matthias ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a   Buhl, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; BMI; Corticosteroids; Eosinophils; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; NITRIC OXIDE; CALCIFEDIOL; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; AGED; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM;

AGED; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIFEDIOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84874024734     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-14-25     Document Type: Article

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