Impaired antibody responses to pneumococcal polysaccharide in elderly patients with low serum vitamin B12 levels

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-304

  Fata, Farid T ^a   Herzlich, Barry C ^a   Schiffman, Gerald ^b   Ast, Arie L ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030047135     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-3-199602010-00003     Document Type: Article

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