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  1. Vitamin C: abrupt termination may increase mortality of sepsis patients
  2. Pitfalls in choosing data examples for methodological work: Bayesian approaches to a fixed effects meta‐analysis of zinc lozenges for the common cold
  3. Vitamin C may improve the mechanical efficiency of the heart
  4. Mendelian randomization can lead to flawed conclusions about the effects of vitamin C
  5. Quantile treatment effect of zinc lozenges on common cold duration: a novel approach
  6. Bias against vitamin C has hampered the recognition of positive findings from randomized trials
  7. Vitamin C and zinc lozenges for COVID-19?
  8. Carrageenan nasal spray can shorten the common cold and the effect is greater on longer colds
  9. Vitamin C May Increase the Recovery Rate of Outpatient Cases of SARS-CoV-2 Infection by 70%: Reanalysis of the COVID A to Z Randomized Clinical Trial
  10. Commentary: The Long History of Vitamin C: From Prevention of the Common Cold to Potential Aid in the Treatment of COVID-19
  11. Vitamin C may increase the recovery rate of outpatient cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection by 70%: reanalysis of the COVID A to Z Randomized Clinical Trial
  12. Commentary: Vitamin C supplementation for prevention and treatment of pneumonia
  13. Vitamin C and COVID-19
  14. Benefit of OTC Formula Against COVID-19 Is Explained by Selection Bias
  15. Comment on “Therapeutic target and molecular mechanism of vitamin C-treated pneumonia: a systematic study of network pharmacology” by R. Li, C. Guo, Y. Li, X. Liang, L. Yang and W. Huang, Food Funct., 2020, 11, 4765
  16. Carrageenan nasal spray may double the rate of recovery from coronavirus and influenza virus infections: re-analysis of randomized trial data
  17. Reanalysis of the Effect of Vitamin C on Mortality in the CITRIS-ALI Trial: Important Findings Dismissed in the Trial Report
  18. Cochrane has not consistently followed the COPE guidelines
  19. The current vitamin E recommendation in the USA is not supported by new empirical evidence
  20. Vitamin C for Cardiac Surgery Patients: Several Errors in a Published Meta-Analysis. Comment on “Effects of Vitamin C on Organ Function in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2103”
  21. Vitamin C may reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients: a meta-regression analysis
  22. Zinc acetate lozenges for the treatment of the common cold: a randomised controlled trial
  23. The effect of β-carotene on the mortality of male smokers is modified by smoking and by vitamins C and E: evidence against a uniform effect of nutrient
  24. Vitamin C as a Possible Therapy for COVID-19
  25. Many continuous variables should be analyzed using the relative scale: a case study of β2-agonists for preventing exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
  26. Zinc for preventing and treating the common cold
  27. Meta-analysis on vitamin C and the common cold in children may be misleading
  28. Random-Effects Assumption in Meta-analyses
  29. Vitamin C Can Shorten the Length of Stay in the ICU: A Meta-Analysis
  30. Errors in a meta-analysis on vitamin C and post-operative atrial fibrillation
  31. Effect of β-Carotene Supplementation on the Risk of Pneumonia Is Heterogeneous in Males: Effect Modification by Cigarette Smoking
  32. Letter: Comparison of different vitamin E forms is confounded by heterogeneity in vitamin E effects
  33. Vitamin C in Clinical Therapeutics
  34. Zinc for preventing and treating the common cold
  35. Erroneus calculation of sample size in a vitamin C and atrial fibrillation trial
  36. Duration of the common cold and similar continuous outcomes should be analyzed on the relative scale: a case study of two zinc lozenge trials
  37. Zinc lozenges and the common cold: a meta-analysis comparing zinc acetate and zinc gluconate, and the role of zinc dosage
  38. Vitamins E and C May Differ in Their Effect on Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
  39. Vitamin E May Protect Against Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
  40. Vitamin C and Infections
  41. Publication bias in meta-analysis of ascorbic acid for postoperative atrial fibrillation
  42. Vitamin C for preventing atrial fibrillation in high risk patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  43. Zinc lozenges may triple the recovery rate of common cold patients
  44. Vitamin E and the risk of pneumonia: using the I 2 statistic to quantify heterogeneity within a controlled trial
  45. Many continuous variables such as the duration of the common cold should be analyzed using the relative scale
  46. Vitamin E administration may decrease the incidence of pneumonia in elderly males
  47. Zinc acetate lozenges may shorten common cold duration by 3 days
  48. Vitamin C for treating atrial fibrillation
  49. Thomas Chalmers, vitamin C and the common cold
  50. Zinc lozenges and vitamin C for the common cold are not examples of placebo effect in action
  51. Common Cold Treatment Using Zinc
  52. Impure placebo is a useless concept
  53. Exercise, Antioxidants, and the Risk for Pneumonia
  54. Zinc acetate lozenges may shorten common cold-associated nasal discharge by 34% and cough by 46%
  55. Vitamin D Supplementation and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Adolescent Swimmers: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  56. Vitamin C for treating atrial fibrillation
  57. The effect of vitamin C on bronchoconstriction and respiratory symptoms caused by exercise: a review and statistical analysis
  58. Vitamin C and asthma
  59. Clinical use of placebo treatments may undermine the trust of patients: a response to Gold and Lichtenberg
  60. Vitamin and Mineral Supplements in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
  61. Can CAM treatments be evidence-based?
  62. Does Exercise Prevent the Common Cold?
  63. The Effect of Vitamin E on Mortality Is Not Uniform across the Population
  64. Vitamin C Should Be Tested against Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction
  65. Vitamin C and common cold-induced asthma: a systematic review and statistical analysis
  66. Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus
  67. Meta-Regression Analyses, Meta-Analyses, and Trial Sequential Analyses of the Effects of Supplementation with Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A, and Vitamin E Singly or in Different Combinations on All-Cause Mortality: Do We Have Evidence for Lack of Harm?
  68. Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia
  69. Vitamin supplements and mortality in older people
  70. Vitamin C may alleviate exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: a meta-analysis
  71. Placebo Use in the United Kingdom: Results from a National Survey of Primary Care Practitioners
  72. Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
  73. Zinc lozenges may shorten common cold duration
  74. Zinc for the treatment of the common cold: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
  75. Erratum to: Vitamin C and asthma in children: modification of the effect by age, exposure to dampness and the severity of asthma
  76. Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases
  77. Maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and neonatal bone density
  78. Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults and children
  79. Vitamin C and Community-acquired Pneumonia
  80. Vitamin C and asthma in children: modification of the effect by age, exposure to dampness and the severity of asthma
  81. Zinc Lozenges Shorten Colds
  82. The Effect of Vitamin C on the Common Cold
  83. Zinc for the common cold
  84. Subgroup analysis of large trials can guide further research: a case study of vitamin E and pneumonia
  85. Vitamin E may affect the life expectancy of men, depending on dietary vitamin C intake and smoking
  86. Rabies, Still Neglected after 125 Years of Vaccination
  87. Randomised trials on vitamin C
  88. The effect of β-carotene on common cold incidence is modified by age and smoking: evidence against a uniform effect in a nutrient–disease relationship
  89. The effect of vitamin C on upper respiratory infections in adolescent swimmers: a randomized trial
  90. There is no alternative medicine
  91. CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials
  92. Vitamin C and the treatment of tetanus
  93. Vitamin C for the common cold should not be rejected on the basis of old and erroneous articles
  94. Vitamin D Level, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Controlled Trials
  95. Vitamin E is likely to affect mortality even at low doses
  96. Predicting the incidence of human campylobacteriosis in Finland with time series analysis
  97. Modification of the Effect of Vitamin E Supplementation on the Mortality of Male Smokers by Age and Dietary Vitamin C
  98. Letter to the Editor
  99. Vitamin C supplementation for asthma
  100. Vitamins and minerals
  101. Vitamin C and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in athletes
  102. Evidence-based medicine and the role of antioxidants in physically stressed people
  103. Vitamin E supplementation and pneumonia risk in males who initiated smoking at an early age: effect modification by body weight and dietary vitamin C
  104. Vitamin E supplementation may transiently increase tuberculosis risk in males who smoke heavily and have high dietary vitamin C intake
  105. Cochrane review: Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
  106. Commentaries on ‘Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold’ with responses from the review author
  107. Assessment of the importance of double-blinding should be based on systematic reviews: a rebuttal
  108. Vitamin E supplementation may transiently increase tuberculosis risk in males who smoke heavily and have high dietary vitamin C intake – reply by Hemilä & Kaprio
  109. Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus
  110. Vitamin C and sex differences in respiratory tract infections
  111. THE AUTHOR REPLIES
  112. Exercise, Vitamins and Respiratory Tract Infections
  113. Vitamin C may affect lung infections
  114. Vitamin C may affect lung infections
  115. VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION AND RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN OLDER PEOPLE
  116. Antioxidant Supplements and Mortality
  117. Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus
  118. Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
  119. Vitamin C and exercise-induced immunodepression
  120. RE: "BIAS IN CLINICAL INTERVENTION RESEARCH"
  121. Conclusions about intervention effects should not be based on surrogate end points
  122. Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia
  123. Small trials focusing on surrogate end points may be uninformative
  124. Letter to the Editor
  125. The Effect of Vitamin E on Common Cold Incidence Is Modified by Age, Smoking and Residential Neighborhood
  126. Physical Activity and the Risk of Pneumonia in Male Smokers Administered Vitamin E and β-Carotene
  127. Analysis of clinical data with breached blindness by Shein-Chung Chow and Jun Shao,Statistics in Medicine 2004;23:1185–1193
  128. The Protective Effect of Vitamins A and C on Endotoxin-Induced Oxidative Renal Tissue Damage in Rats
  129. Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia
  130. Authors' Reply
  131. Echinacea, Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and Blinding
  132. Assessment of blinding may be inappropriate after the trial
  133. High-Dosage Vitamin E Supplementation and All-Cause Mortality
  134. Vitamin C for Preventing and Treating the Common Cold
  135. Vitamin E and Respiratory Tract Infections in Elderly Persons
  136. Vitamin C Supplementation and Respiratory Infections: a Systematic Review
  137. Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
  138. Vitamin E and Beta-Carotene Supplementation and Hospital-Treated Pneumonia Incidence in Male Smokers
  139. Vitamin C and SARS coronavirus
  140. Vitamin C, respiratory infections and the immune system
  141. Physical Activity and the Common Cold in Men Administered Vitamin E and ??-Carotene
  142. Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Beta-Carotene in Relation to Common Cold Incidence in Male Smokers
  143. Vitamin C and Other Compounds in Vitamin C Rich Food in Relation to Risk of Tuberculosis in Male Smokers
  144. Vitamin C supplementation and common cold symptoms: factors affecting the magnitude of the benefit
  145. Vitamin C and Infectious Diseases
  146. Nutrition Discussion Forum
  147. Vitamin C intake and susceptibility to pneumonia
  148. Blood donation, body iron stores, and risk of myocardial infarction
  149. Vitamin C intake and susceptibility to the common cold
  150. Vitamin C supplementation and common cold symptoms: Problems with inaccurate reviews
  151. To the dissent by Thomas Chalmers
  152. Vitamin C, the placebo effect, and the common cold: A case study of how preconceptions influence the analysis of results
  153. Vitamin C and Common Cold Incidence: A Review of Studies with Subjects Under Heavy Physical Stress
  154. Vitamin C and the common cold: a retrospective analysis of Chalmers' review.
  155. THE GOOD AND HARM OF VITAMIN C
  156. Does Vitamin C Alleviate the Symptoms of the Common Cold? - A Review of Current Evidence
  157. Hormone-sensitive lipase is closely related to several bacterial proteins, and distantly related to acetylcholinesterase and lipoprotein lipase: Identification of a superfamily of esterases and lipases
  158. Cloning and sequencing of a gene encoding acidophilic amylase from Bacillus acidocaldarius
  159. Vitamin C, cholesterol, and the nutritional recommendations
  160. Improving the production of E. coli β-lactamase in Bacillus subtilis: the effect of glucose, pH and temperature on the production level
  161. Sequence encoding ribosomal protein L33 of Lactococcus lactis
  162. VITAMIN C, NEUTROPHILS AND THE SYMPTOMS OF THE COMMON COLD
  163. Expression of the Erwinia carotovora polygalacturonase-encoding gene in Bacillus subtilis: role of signal peptide fusions on production of a heterologous protein
  164. Vitamin C and the common cold
  165. Vitamin C and plasma cholesterol
  166. Lipoamide dehydrogenase of Staphylococcus aureus: nucleotide sequence and sequence analysis
  167. Vitamin C and lowering of blood pressure: need for intervention trials?
  168. Nucleotide sequence of a Lactococcus lactis gene cluster encoding adenylate kinase, initiation factor 1 and ribosomal proteins
  169. Production of heterologous proteins in Bacillus subtilis: the effect of the joint between signal sequence and mature protein on yield
  170. Nucleotide sequence of thesecYgene fromLactococcus lactisand identification of conserved regions by comparison of four SecY proteins
  171. Sequence of a PAL-related lipoprotein fromBacillus subtilis
  172. Sequence of a PAL-related lipoprotein from Bacillus subtilis
  173. Production of pectin methylesterase from Erwinia chrysanthemi B374 in Bacillus subtilis
  174. Is there a biochemical basis for ‘nutrient need’?
  175. The secretory S complex in Bacillus subtilis is identified as pyruvate dehydrogenase
  176. Secretory S complex of Bacillus subtilis: sequence analysis and identity to pyruvate dehydrogenase.
  177. Production of diphtheria toxin CRM228 in B. subtilis
  178. Production of diphtheria toxin CRM228 inB. subtilis
  179. A re-evaluation of nutritional goals -not just deficiency counts
  180. Retinoids Activate Superoxide Production by Polymorphonuclear Leucocytes
  181. Activated polymorphonuclear leucocytes consume vitamin C
  182. Nutritional need versus optimal intake