Delayed vaccination does not improve antibody responses in splenectomized rats experiencing hypovolemic shock

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 834-838

  Werner, Andrew M ^a,b   Katner, Harold P ^a   Vogel, Robert ^a   Southerland, Sheila S ^a   Ashley, Angela V ^a   Floyd, John C P ^a   Brown, Christopher ^a   Ashley, Dennis W ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; RAT; SHOCK; SPLENECTOMY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHOCK; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035465011     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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