Reduced plasma vitamin D concentration is associated with humoral immunity in pigeon fanciers‘ hypersensitivity pneumonitis [HP]

K. Weir, I. Donnelly, M. Lum, S. Knox, F. Henderson, J. Brock, K. Ruddock, R. Adamson, S. Bourke, K. Anderson, C. McSharry, K. Anderson (Kilmarnock, Glasgow, , Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Organic dust, allergen exposure and respiratory disease
Session: Organic dust, allergen exposure and respiratory disease
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2531
Disease area: Airway diseases

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