Characterization of the impaired antipneumococcal polysaccharide antibody production in immunosuppressed pediatric patients following cardiac transplantation

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Gennery, A R ^a   Cant, A J ^b   Baldwin, C I ^b   Calvert, J E ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody deficiency; Antipolysaccharide antibody; Cardiac transplantation; Immunosuppression; Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIBODY; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOVAX II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035075621     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006793032290     Document Type: Article

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