Friday, November 4, 2011

Vitamin D and allergic diseases

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

According to the study of `Vitamin D in atopic dermatitis, asthma and allergic diseases`by Searing DA, Leung DY., posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers found that laboratory evidence supporting links between vitamin D deficiency and allergic diseases, the clinical evidence for and against vitamin D playing a role in allergic diseases, and the emerging evidence regarding the potential use of vitamin D to augment the innate immune response in atopic dermatitis are reviewed.

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