The incidence of zoster after immunization with live attenuated varicella vaccine: A study in children with leukemia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 22, 1991, Pages 1545-1550

  Hardy, Iain ^a   Gershon, Anne A ^a   Steinberg, Sharon P ^a   Larussa, Philip ^a   Ahronheim, Gerald ^b   Andiman, Warren ^c   Arvin, Ann ^d   Bowden, Raleigh A ^e   Brown, Arthur E ^f   Castleberry, Robert ^g   Chartrand, Stephen ^h   Demmler, Gail ⁱ   Dennehy, Penelope ^j   Dunn, Nancy ^k   Maurer, Harold ^k   LaRussa, Philip ^a   Garvin, James ^a   Piomelli, Sergio ^a   Gelb, Lawrence ^l   Land, Vita ^l   Hammerschlag, Margaret ^m   Hutter, John ⁿ   Kochen, Joseph ^o   Kurtzberg, JoAnne ^p   Lepow, Martha ^q   Leventhal, Brigid ^r   Levin, Myron ^s   Marks, Melvin ^t   Rettig, Philip ^t   Maurer, Helen ^u   Stockman, James ^u   Ragab, Abdel ^v   Ross, Avron ^w   Sabatino, Dominick ^w   Sallan, Stephen ^x   Modlin, John ^x   Sartain, Peggy ^y   Shah, Narayan ^z   Steele, Cindy ^aa   Stutman, Harris ^ab   Truman, John ^ac   Tufenkeji, Haysam ^ad   Hughes, Walter ^ad   Wallenberg, Joyce ^ad   Weiner, Michael ^ae   Harris, Michael ^ae   Vats, Tribhawan ^af   Zaia, John ^ag   Weiner, Leonard B ^ah   Zoger, Seymour ^ai   Ablin, Arthur ^ai   more..

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

ⁱ BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^o NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^p DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^u CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^v EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^x Dana Foundation   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^z GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^aa Tomorrow's Children's Institute   (United States)

^ab MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ac MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ad ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ae MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^ag CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ah SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CYCLOSPORIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; VACCINATION;

EID: 0026411149     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199111283252204     Document Type: Article

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