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Vitamin A supplementation and risk of atopy: long-term follow-up of a randomized trial of vitamin A supplementation at six and nine months of age

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends high-dose vitamin A supplementation (VAS) for children above six months of age in low-income countries. VAS has been associated with up-regulation of the Th2 response. We aimed to determine if VAS is associated with atopy in childhood. METHODS: In...

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Autores principales: Kiraly, Nicholas, Balde, Aliu, Lisse, Ida Marie, Eriksen, Helle Brander, Aaby, Peter, Benn, Christine Stabell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3871024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24252418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-190