A double blind randomized controlled trial in neonates to determine the effect of vitamin A supplementation on immune responses: The Gambia protocol

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McDonald, Suzanna L R ^a,b   Savy, Mathilde ^a   Fulford, Anthony J C ^a   Kendall, Lindsay ^b   Flanagan, Katie L ^b,c   Prentice, Andrew M ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Double blind randomised control trial; Immune responses; Neonatal; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; ANTIOXIDANT; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HOMING RECEPTOR; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; THYMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMBIA; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; RECEPTORS, LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; VACCINATION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84900439149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-92     Document Type: Article

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