Placental transfer and decay of varicella-zoster virus antibodies in preterm infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-89

  Linder, Nehama ^a,b,c   Waintraub, Ilana ^a,b,c   Smetana, Zehava ^a,b,c   Barzilai, Asher ^a,b,c   Lubin, Daniel ^a,b,c   Mendelson, Ella ^a,b,c   Sirota, Lea ^a,b,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034235592     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2000.106902     Document Type: Article

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