Varicella and zoster in children after kidney transplantation: Long- term results of vaccination

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-39

  Broyer, Michel ^a   Tete, Marie José ^a   Guest, Genevieve ^a   Gagnadoux, Marie France ^a   Rouzioux, Christine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

children; kidney transplantation; varicella; varicella vaccine; zoster

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AZATHIOPRINE; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030975626     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.1.35     Document Type: Article

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