CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF β-CAROTENE USE IN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN
Abstract
The article presents the results of an observation of pre-school children, treated with -carotene (Vetoron) in complex of sanitary measures. Special immunological examination showed that the medication has not specific stimulating influence on immune system in children 3–6 years old. The advisability of its administration as a non-specific medication for the prophylaxis of respiratory diseases is confirmed by the increase of ?-interferon production, probably due to non-specific activation or modulation of NK-cells.
Key words: children, β-carotene, interferon.
(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(1):32-36)
About the Authors
S.O. Klyuchnikov
Russian State Medical University, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A.P. Prodeus
Russian Clinical Scientific Center of Children’s Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
I.A. Snimshchikova
Medical Institute, Orel State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Klyuchnikov S., Prodeus A., Snimshchikova I. CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF β-CAROTENE USE IN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(1):32-36.
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