Vitamin D supplementation modulates the immune system and improves atopic dermatitis in children

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-96

  Di Filippo, Paola ^a   Scaparrotta, Alessandra ^a   Rapino, Daniele ^a   Cingolani, Anna ^a   Attanasi, Marina ^a   Petrosino, Marianna Immacolata ^a   Chuang, Kelly ^b   Di Pillo, Sabrina ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Children; Cytokines; SCORAD index; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D; CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORAD INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84925438808     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000371350     Document Type: Article

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