Varicella vaccination in children with chronic renal failure. A report of the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Furth, Susan L ^a,b   Hogg, Ronald J ^c   Tarver, Joyce ^c   Moulton, Lawrence H ^d   Chan, Christina ^e   Fivush, Barbara A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Immunization; Kidney disease; Transplant; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INJECTION SITE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SEROCONVERSION; SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038419883     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-002-1006-z     Document Type: Article

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