Tetanus immunity in patients with hematological malignancies

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 469-472

  Hamarstrom V ^a   Pauksen, K ^b   Svensson, H ^a   Oberg G ^b   Paul, C ^a   Ljungman, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hematological malignancy; Tetanus immunity

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0031694934     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050196     Document Type: Article

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