Vitamin D3 for uncontrolled childhood asthma: A pilot study

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 404-412

  Kerley, Conor P ^a,b,c   Hutchinson, Katrina ^d   Cormican, Liam ^c   Faul, John ^c   Greally, Peter ^a   Coghlan, David ^a   Elnazir, Basil ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

^d Biomnis Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Bone; Infection; Pediatric; Pulmonary function; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEGAL GUARDIAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ABSENTEEISM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; IRELAND; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSENTEEISM; ASTHMA; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IRELAND; LUNG; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84961700555     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12547     Document Type: Article

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