Immunity to poliomyelitis, diphtheria and tetanus in pediatric patients before and after renal or liver transplantation

Vaccine

Volumn 17, Issue 20-21, 1999, Pages 2507-2511

  Balloni, Antonella ^a   Assael, Baroukh M ^a   Ghio, Luciana ^a   Pedrazzi, Chiara ^a   Nebbia, Gabriella ^a   Gridelli, Bruno ^a   Melada, Ernesto ^a   Panuccio, Alfonso ^b   Foti, Marina ^b   Barbi, Maria ^a   Luraschi, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Presidio Multizonale di Igiene e P   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PREDNISOLONE; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLIOMYELITIS; TETANUS;

EID: 0033522816     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(99)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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