Immunization practices in children with renal disease: A report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-446

  Furth, Susan L ^a,b   Neu, Alicia M ^a   Sullivan, E Kenneth ^c   Gensler, Gary ^c   Tejani, Amir ^d   Fivush, Barbara A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Immunization; Renal insufficiency; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0030813434     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050313     Document Type: Article

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