Background: Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient with important roles in immunity and
maintenance of normal epithelial cell differentiation. Little information is available regarding …

Low vitamin A levels have been found in a number of diseases in children. The aim of this
study was to examine the vitamin A status in children with asthma and to correlate the …

Background. Low serum levels of dietary antioxidants are associated with allergic diseases
including asthma. Vitamin A and carotenoids are dietary antioxidants that are likely to play …

Vitamin A (retinol) plays an important role in immunity. Respiratory and enteral infections in
children are associated with low serum vitamin A concentrations that improve during …

The effect of Vitamin A supplementation on susceptibility to acute respiratory infections was
investigated in a randomized controlled trial. One hundred and forty‐seven preschool‐age …

Background Vitamin A deficiency may increase the responsiveness of the respiratory tract
and increase the risk of respiratory tract infection, resulting in airway obstruction and …

Background: Asthma is a common childhood disorder with complex pathobiologic
components that may include aspects of nutritional deficit. The contribution of vitamin …

Interventions Thirty-four hospitalised patients with pneumonia were randomly allocated into
two groups: the study group, besides the routine treatment, received a high dose of aqueous …

There has been accumulating evidence indicating that an adequate concentration of vitamin
D is protective against allergic diseases in children [1, 2]. However, most of these findings …

ASTHMA is the most common chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by cough,
wheezing and dyspnea in CHILD ren. Nutrition is an important factor which influences on …