Vitamin D insufficiency, plasma cytokines, and severe asthma exacerbations in school-aged children

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Jan-Feb;6(1):289-291.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.07.019. Epub 2017 Aug 26.

Authors

Sylvia E Szentpetery¹, Yueh-Ying Han¹, John M Brehm¹, Edna Acosta-Pérez², Erick Forno¹, Nadia Boutaoui¹, Glorisa Canino², John F Alcorn¹, Juan C Celedón³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
² Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
³ Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Electronic address: juan.celedon@chp.edu.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Asthma / epidemiology*
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cytokines / blood
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin E / metabolism
Male
Population*
Puerto Rico / epidemiology
Severity of Illness Index
Vitamin D / metabolism
Vitamin D Deficiency / epidemiology*

Substances

Cytokines
Vitamin D
Immunoglobulin E

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